Virtual Reality Pain Control During Burn Wound Care

Use of Virtual Reality for Adjunctive Treatment of Burn Pain

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 2Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00261690

Acronym

VRPT/H2O/RT

Enrollment

184

Registered

2005-12-05

Start date

2002-02-28

Completion date

2012-03-31

Last updated

2013-04-19

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Burn

Keywords

Virtual Reality Distraction

Brief summary

Using Virtual Reality as a form of Distraction during Burn Care.

Detailed description

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

Interventions

BEHAVIORALVirtual Reality Distraction

Using virtual reality distraction during a procedure

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

6 Years to 60 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* 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

* Incapable of indicating subjective evaluation of pain * Non-English-speaking * Severe head or neck injury or other medical conditions that prohibit patient from wearing VR helmet * Demonstrating delirium, psychosis, or Organic Brain Disorder * Unable to communicate verbally * Significant developmental disability * Extreme susceptibility to motion sickness * Reports having no problem with pain during wound care.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
We use GRS, McGill to measure the outcome.	once a day

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

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