VRH Pain Reduction During Burn Wound Care and Physical Therapy

Testing Interactions to Adjunctive Pain Control Techniques

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00260221

Acronym

VRH

Enrollment

Registered

2005-12-01

Start date

2002-01-31

Completion date

2011-11-30

Last updated

2013-05-08

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Conditions

Burn

Keywords

Virtual Reality Hypnosis

Brief summary

Using Virtual Reality Hypnosis to relief pain and anxiety for burn patients.

Detailed description

The purpose of the study is to examine whether there is more effective relief of pain and anxiety during wound care procedures in burn-injured patients that are treated with Virtual Reality Hypnosis with post-hypnotic suggestion.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALusing VR hypnosis/distraction and audio hypnosis

a between subject comparison using VR hypnosis and VR distraction and audio hypnosis for pain control

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Caregiver)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

7 Years to 85 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Age greater than or equal to 7 years * Able to complete subjective evaluations of pain * English-speaking * Not demonstrating delirium, psychosis, or any form of Organic Brain Disorder * Able to communicate orally

Exclusion criteria

* Age less than 7 years * Incapable of indicating subjective evaluation of pain * Non-English-speaking * Demonstrating delirium, psychosis, or Organic Brain Disorder * Unable to communicate verbally * Significant developmental disability * Extreme susceptibility to motion sickness

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
we use GRS, VAS, McGill,and nurse GRS to measure the pain.	once a day

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026