Virtual Reality in Plastic Surgery: Pain Control and Augmented Satisfaction
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Pain
- Sponsor
- The Guthrie Clinic
- Enrollment
- 40
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Blood pressure
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
The study is looking at whether wearing a virtual reality device will help reduce pain and anxiety during minor procedures
Detailed Description
Patients who are undergoing minor plastic surgery procedures will be assigned to either wear a virtual reality device or to listen to music of their choice. Patients will still get the standard lidocaine/novocaine numbing agent. Patients will be asked questions about their anxiety level and pain level. Heart rate and blood pressure will be monitored as measures of anxiety and pain.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patients scheduled for minor elective plastic surgery procedure
- •Patients without cognitive, visual or hearing impairments
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients with conditions that may prohibit participation or evaluation of the procedure (such as developmental delay)
- •Lesions that involve portions of the head or face that will prohibit the use of VR goggles
- •Severe vertigo
- •Patients with nausea, vomiting, dementia, motion sickness, stroke, seizure and epilepsy and those placed in isolation (MRSA, VRE) were excluded.
- •Patients who are pregnant
- •Hearing or visually impaired
- •Patients \<18 years old
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Blood pressure
Time Frame: 1 hour
Systolic and diastolic blood pressures (mmHg) at the half way point of the procedure as well as 1 minute after completion of the procedure. Blood pressure will be measured as a surrogate measure for objective pain. Blood pressures will be averaged for each cohort. The data will be collected by Dynamap automated Blood pressure monitor.
Subjective Pain
Time Frame: 1 hour
Subjective pain measured using the 11-point Numeric Rating Scale (NRS), which is widely employed and is a validated measure of pain (17) at the half way point and 1 minute after the procedure.The scale name is Pain Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) it is a validated scale for graphically measuring pain. The scale range is 0-10 (11 point scale). 0 is no pain. 10 is intolerable pain. The values on this scale will be averaged for each cohort.
Heart rate
Time Frame: 1 hour
Heart rate at the half way point of the procedure as well as 1 minute after completion of the procedure will be measured in beats per minute using pulse oximetry. Heart rate will be measured as a surrogate measure for objective pain. Heart rates will be averaged for each cohort.
Secondary Outcomes
- Patient Satisfaction(1 hour)
- Anxiety(1 hour)