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Virtual Reality vs. Standard-of-Care for Comfort During Minor Plastic Surgery Procedures in Children

NCT03681743 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 64

Last updated 2018-09-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Children often experience pain and anxiety during minor medical procedures. In addition to pain medication, distraction may help children cope with the pain. This may include interacting with books, TV, toys or videogames.

Virtual Reality (VR) is an immersive experience using sight, sound, and position sense. Using VR may enhance distraction during the painful procedure and may reduce attention to pain.

This study will randomize children (6 - 16 years old) to receive Virtual Reality or standard of care in addition to local anesthetics during minor painful procedure in the Plastic Surgery clinic. Pain, anxiety and satisfaction will be measured as well as the amount of analgesics used and the timing of the procedure. Outcome measures will be compared between the two groups.

Conditions

  • Minor Plastic Surgery

Interventions

DEVICE

Virtual Reality

Participants wear a Virtual Reality headset that consists of a ASUS phone and a VOX+ Z3 3D Virtual Reality Headset. The phone runs the VR Roller Coaster app to produce the virtual environment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • BC Children's Hospital Foundation

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • BC Children's Hospital Research Institute

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of British Columbia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ran D Goldman, MD · University of British Columbia

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-05-16
Primary Completion
2019-05-09
Completion
2019-05-09

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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