sing Virtual Reality to manage patient anxiety during painful procedures in Emergency Department (VR-ED)

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Procedure related anxiety; Public Health - Health service research; Emergency medicine - Other emergency care; Mental Health - Anxiety

• Registration Number: ACTRN12623000715673
• Lead Sponsor: Metro South Healthcare Service

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2023-07-05
• Last Update Posted: 10 July 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

patients will be eligible for inclusion if they are greater than or equal to 18 years old, require needle related painful procedures (including venipuncture/cannulation, wound closure, drainage of abscess or knee joint aspiration), reported moderate or high anxiety level (VAS-A score greater than or equal to 40) and provided informed written consent.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients will be excluded if they requiring urgent care; has a history of blindness, intellectual disability, cognitive impairment, dementia, severe motion sickness, claustrophobia, epilepsy; has nausea/vomiting, vertigo/dizziness, head or facial injury/head or facial wound, respiratory symptoms or in isolation, does not speak English, or has been previous enrolled in the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Feasibility of a full powered trial will be determined based on percentage of eligible participants provided consent (>60%), tolerated the procedure (>70%), withdraw or lost follow up (<5%), adhere to protocol (>80%), participants and staff (nurses and doctors) satisfaction and acceptability (80% scored >=7 on a scale of 10), and effect size estimates. The percentage of eligible participants provided consent, tolerated the procedure, withdraw or lost follow up, adhere to protocol will be assessed via audit of study records. The percentage of participants and staff (nurses and doctors) satisfaction will be assess via 5 point Likert scale. The acceptability will be assessed using the Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM). [Upon conclusion of the study. ]