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Implementation of a virtual reality intervention in the physical therapy management of chronic pai

Conditions
Chronic Pain
Registration Number
DRKS00030862
Lead Sponsor
Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria

For physical therapy practices:
> At least five therapists

For patients of the VR intervention:
Ages 18 and older; Self-reported chronic pain; German-speaking (fluent).

Exclusion Criteria

For VR Intervention Patients*:
Current or past diagnosis of epilepsy, dementia, migraine, or other neurological condition that may prevent use of VR or result in adverse effects; Hypersensitivity to flashing lights; Severe hearing impairment.

Study & Design

Study Type
observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Barriers and facilitators in the implementation of virtual reality in outpatient physical therapy management of chronic pain.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pain intensity: Numeric Rating Scale (Dworkin, 2005; Farrar, 2001), Disabilities due to pain: Pain Disability Index (Dillmann, 1994), Fear of movement: Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (Rusu, 2014), pain catastrophizing: Pain Catastrophizing Scale (Meyer, 2008), quality of life: EQ-5D-5L (Feng, 2021), pain-related self-efficacy: pain-specific self-efficacy questionnaire (Mangels, 2009).
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