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Virtual Reality vs. Standard-of-Care for Comfort During Dental Procedures in Children

NCT03862573 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 64

Last updated 2019-03-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Children sometimes need dental procedures which can be painful and associated with child pain and anxiety. 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 (4 - 16 years old) to receive Virtual Reality or standard of care in addition to local anesthetics during dental procedures. 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

  • Dental Procedures

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

  • University of British Columbia

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-03-31
Primary Completion
2020-03-31
Completion
2020-03-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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