Topic: Generic Health Relevance and Cross Cutting Themes
Conditions
Interventions
Virtual reality (active), Interactive game, based within Virtual Wembury, whereby the patient can control movement of a speedboat viewed on a high definition screen, listening to associated sounds via
Sponsors
University of Birmingham (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients with burns (any cause) admitted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Burns Unit 2. Those above requiring at least three dressing changes. 3. Those above requiring opioid based analgesia (eg oral morphine, codeine phosphate or tramadol)or inhaled nitrous oxide (entonox) for the dressing change (ie, patients who may potentially experience moderate or severe pain) Target Gender: Male & Female; Upper Age Limit 90 years ; Lower Age Limit 18 years
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Inability to use the interactive distraction equipment eg blindness, severe bilateral hand injuries. 2. Requirement for general anaesthesia or sedation with ketamine or midazolam. 3. Poor cognitive state eg severe dementia, delirium or severe psychiatric illness. 4. Multi-drug resistant infection (due to potential equipment contamination, although low risk, this criteria is appropriate for the feasibility study)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Worst pain (numerical rating scale); Timepoint(s): During dressing change | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Anxiety; Timepoint(s): During dressing change 2. Average pain; Timepoint(s): During dressing change 3. Nausea; Timepoint(s): During dressing change 4. Nursing satisfaction with VR system; Timepoint(s): During dressing change 5. Satisfaction with pain management; Timepoint(s): During dressing change 6. Satisfaction with VR distraction; Timepoint(s): During dressing change 7. Worst pain; Timepoint(s): One hour after dressing change | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed