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Effects of Virtual Reality on Pre-Operative Anxiety and Induction of Anesthesia in Children and Adolescents

NCT03239743 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2018-10-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Pain and anxiety have a direct correlation. Patients who experience anxiety are more susceptible to feeling pain, and patients who experience pain are more likely to have a component of anxiety associated with their pain. A common technique used by pain psychologists to help minimize pain is distraction. Different forms of distraction include video games, movies, music, etc. Recently, doctors and researchers around the world have begun experimenting with Virtual Reality as a distraction technique.

A review of the use of virtual reality compared to the current standard of care may help uncover important trends regarding anxiety, postoperative pain and analgesic use in patients who undergo a tonsillectomy or a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy.

Conditions

  • Tonsillectomy

Interventions

DEVICE

Virtual Reality

Child will wear and interact with virtual reality headset while waiting for surgery.

DRUG

Midazolam

Child will receive Midazolam to help with pre-operative anxiety prior to surgery

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • KindVR

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Phoenix Children's Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Valley Anesthesiology Consultants

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
5 Years
Max Age
11 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-07-20
Primary Completion
2019-05-31
Completion
2019-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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