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Comparison of the Benefits of a Personalized Intervention (Virtual Environment and Device) Compared to Usual Care

NCT05759026 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 87

Last updated 2026-02-09

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Summary

The medical environment can create stressful and anxiety-provoking situations for patients, especially during painful procedures, particularly in older adults. These stressful environments have a deleterious effect on the quality of care, even putting the patient at risk and the health care team at risk. The search for a solution is therefore imperative. The evolution of new technologies, such as virtual reality (VR), seems to be an answer to this challenge. Through a multidisciplinary research (psychology and medicine), this project proposes to study the factors allowing to improve the management of older adults during their care using VR. More precisely, different individual factors (age, cognitive level, individual preferences...) and different virtual reality universes (relaxation, landscapes...) on different supports (headsets and touch tablet) will be studied in order to understand the roles of these factors on pain and anxiety management during care procedures. This trial is an interventional, randomized, open-label, single-center study of 100 people over 60 years old. The aim of this project is to improve the quality of life of hospitalized patients but also of caregivers in their work environment. It is expected a significant reduction of pain and anxiety during the intervention with a personalized equipment and environment, compared to usual care conditions. The hypotheisis is also that these interventions, aimed at reducing pain and anxiety in patients, will have beneficial effects on the quality of work life of the caregivers performing the care.

Conditions

  • Elderly

Interventions

OTHER

Accompaing cares

After signing the consent form, the patient will be randomised. The ones randomised in VR groups will choose their preferred environment (e.g. landscapes, animals...). The participant will be managed during 1 care (one care in control condition (no material used), care with the VR headset, one care with the VR set and the prefered environnent of the patient) for an average of 30 minutes (including the completion of the scales and questionnaires).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Olivier GUERIN · Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-06-13
Primary Completion
2025-05-22
Completion
2025-06-06

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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