Pain Control After Trauma

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Trauma
• Interventions: Behavioral: Virtual Reality

• Registration Number: NCT00739076
• Lead Sponsor: University of Washington

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.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-08
• Study First Submitted: 2008-08-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-08-20
• Study First Posted: 2008-08-21
• Primary Completion: 2014-12
• Study Completion: 2014-12
• Status Verified: 2015-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-04-01
• Last Update Posted: 2015-04-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 184

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

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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
• Receiving prophylaxis for alcohol or drug withdrawal
• Developmental disability
• Mini-mental status score of greater than 20 in patients older than 80 years or suspected of cognitive deficits
• Non-English Speaking
• Extreme susceptibility to motion sickness
• Seizure history

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
1	Virtual Reality	Virtual Reality Hypnosis
2	Virtual Reality	Virtual Reality Distraction
3	Virtual Reality	Standard treatment.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain and Anxiety	up to 3 times a day

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Washington; Harborview Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States