Virtual Reality for Burn Wound Care Pain Control

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Pain; Anxiety
• Interventions: Other: Virtual Reality

• Registration Number: NCT00663013
• Lead Sponsor: Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Brief Summary

The investigators propose to study the effects of virtual reality (VR) on patients' pain perception during burn wound care. Such variables include psychiatric diagnosis and standard pain coping (i.e. pain catastophizer vs. non-pain catastrophizer).Aims: The investigators intend to evaluate the use of virtual reality in pain distraction for burn patients undergoing burn wound care. To that end our aims are: 1) To determine if pain perception will be less during the portion of the procedure in which the patient is immersed in the VR session in comparison to the portion of wound care which will occur without VR immersion. 2) To determine if anticipatory anxiety will be less for the portion of wound care that includes the virtual reality in comparison to the portion without virtual reality. 3) To determine if current psychiatric diagnosis, especially acute stress disorder and depression, is related to higher pain perception and greater decrease in pain with the virtual reality distraction. 4) To determine if being a "pain catastrophizer" is related to higher pain perception and greater benefits from the

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-10
• Study First Submitted: 2008-04-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-04-19
• Study First Posted: 2008-04-21
• Primary Completion: 2010-05
• Study Completion: 2010-05
• Status Verified: 2011-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-01-03
• Last Update Posted: 2011-01-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 12

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 12-100years
• Minimum burn wound size of 2% total body surface area (TBSA) excluding head and dominant hand
• Be able to sit upright independently in bed
• Minimum pain rating of 4/10 on a Visual Analog Scale (only using the most painful extremity).
• Able to consent to the study

Exclusion Criteria

• Known history of motion sickness
• Seizures
• Migraines
• Current psychosis, dementia, or delirium
• Current blindness and/or deafness that significantly affects their ability to experience the VR

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
1	Virtual Reality	The first treatment session will involve 5-7 minutes of burn wound care while distracted by VR, and 5-7 minutes of burn wound care without the distraction of VR. The second session of burn wound care (performed within the next 3 days) will involve 5-7 minutes of burn wound care without the distraction of VR, and 5-7 minutes of burn wound care with the distraction of VR. The treatment order will be randomized.
2	Virtual Reality	The first treatment session will involve 5-7 minutes of burn wound care while distracted by VR, and 5-7 minutes of burn wound care without the distraction of VR. The second session of burn wound care (performed within the next 3 days) will involve 5-7 minutes of burn wound care without the distraction of VR, and 5-7 minutes of burn wound care with the distraction of VR. The treatment order will be randomized.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
pain perception	immediate
anticipatory anxiety	immediate
current psychiatric diagnosis, is related to pain	immediate
"pain catastrophizing" is related to higher pain perception and greater benefits from the VR	immediate

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

New York Presbyterian Hospital, WRH Burn Center; 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States