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Experiences of a Home-based Virtual Reality Serious Game in People With Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain

NCT05244681 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 11

Last updated 2023-02-28

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Summary

Background: Immersive virtual reality (VR) has been used for several years in the treatment of chronic neck pain. This new type of rehabilitation device, which can be used at home, is promising and seems to be as effective as conventional treatments for neck pain. Exploring the experience of people with chronic neck pain using this type of rehabilitation device at home could, among other things, help to understand the factors favoring good adherence and those not favoring it. This could also help us to improve VR home rehabilitation programs according to the patients' needs, preferences and expectations. However, currently, no studies have qualitatively evaluated the experience of people with chronic non-specific neck pain using an immersive VR serious game at home.

Objective: To explore the experience of people with chronic non-specific neck pain who used an immersive VR serious game at home.

Methods: Individual semi-structured interviews will be conducted with people with chronic non-specific neck pain. Interviews will last for approximately 30 to 60 minutes and will be carried out face-to-face or via videoconference (Microsoft Teams), depending on up-to-date guidance relating to the Covid-19 pandemic. Semi-structured interviews will be audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. The transcripts will be read several times and analyzed using thematic analysis, with themes emerging from the transcripts (inductive approach). These themes will be defined and revised throughout the analysis process.

Discussion: Study findings will help to better understand the experience of people with chronic non-specific neck pain using a VR serious game at home, and then will allow to adapt it to the subjects' needs, preferences and expectations. These adaptations could further increase adherence to treatment and/or improve clinical outcomes for people with chronic non-specific neck pain using this type of rehabilitation device at home.

Conditions

  • Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Semi-structured interview

Semi-structured interview to explore the experience of people with chronic non-specific neck pain who used an immersive virtual reality serious game at home

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique

    collaborator OTHER

  • Université Catholique de Louvain

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Christine Detrembleur, PhD · Université Catholique de Louvain

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-03-11
Primary Completion
2022-12-22
Completion
2022-12-22

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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