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Validating the use of pain psychology therapy delivered through Virtual Reality in healthy adults without acute or chronic pai

Not Applicable
Conditions
Pain
Anaesthesiology - 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
NameTimeMethod
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
NameTimeMethod
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]
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