Pain Control After Trauma

University of Washington1 site in 1 country184 target enrollmentAugust 2007

ConditionsTrauma

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Trauma
Sponsor: University of Washington
Enrollment: 184
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Pain and Anxiety
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 11 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

Using Virtual Reality as a form of pain control for trauma patients.

Detailed Description

The purpose of the study is to investigate the effectiveness of virtual reality (a form of distraction) in order to reduce patients' pain from trauma.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

August 2007

End Date

December 2014

Last Updated

11 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

University of Washington

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

David Patterson

PhD. ABPP. Professor

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Age greater than or equal to 12 years
•Compliant and able to complete questionnaires
•Hospitalization for internal injuries requiring a laparotomy or for orthopedic injuries (closed long bone or calcaneus fractures).
•A minimum of 3 days hospitalization
•No history of psychiatric (DSM-IV-R Axis I) disorder
•Not demonstrating delirium, psychosis or any form of Organic Brain Disorder
•Able to communicate verbally
•Able to take oral medications
•Baseline pain level of \>=5/10
•English-speaking

Exclusion Criteria

•Age less than 12 years
•Not capable of indicating pain intensity
•Not capable of filling out study measures
•Hospitalization of less than 3 days
•Evidence of traumatic brain injury
•History of psychiatric (DSM-IV-R Axis I) disorder as evidenced in the admitting RN and MD admission notes.
•Demonstrating delirium, psychosis or any form of Organic Brain Disorder and associated memory problems.
•Unable to communicate orally.
•Unable to take oral medications
•History of sig. cardiac, endocrine, neurologic, metabolic, respiratory, gastrointestinal or genitourinary impairment