Validating the use of pain psychology therapy delivered through Virtual Reality in healthy adults without acute or chronic pai
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- PainAnaesthesiology - Pain management
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12620001087943
- Lead Sponsor
- South Western Sydney LHD
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
Adult (greater than or equal to 18yo) participants, healthy without acute or chronic pain
Exclusion Criteria
- Insufficient written English language proficiency to complete questionnaires.
- Insufficient verbal English language proficiency to interact with the VR software avatar.
- Psychological or psychiatric illness not stabilised with therapy and/or medications.
- Uncertainty or unable to be followed up for subsequent two months after recruitment.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Presence, as assessed by Presence Questionnaire-22 created by Witmer & Singer. In this study, presence is defined as the subjective experience of being in one place or environment, even when one is physically situated in another (Witmer & Singer, 1998).[Immediately after end of intervention completion ]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Information recall as measured by percentage correct in a multiple choice questionnaire designed for this study. There are 3 sets of multiple choice questionnaires, each 10 questions each and to be completed within 10 minutes. These questionnaires are assessing a composite outcome: serial recall. [Immediately after, and 2 weeks after intervention]