Anxiety
Conditions
Keywords
preoperative anxiety, burn reconstruction
Brief summary
Children with burns often require repeated reconstructive surgeries. These children tend to develop high levels of anxiety before coming to the operating room. Preoperative sedation, while somewhat effective in relieving this anxiety, has a number of side effects. The researchers hypothesized that preoperative anxiety could be effectively reduced by the utilization of a device which induces a relaxing hypnotic state through emmersion in a virtual reality environment.
Detailed description
The virtual reality environment is created by a Virtual Reality Hypnosis (VRH) device. The patient wears a headset which contains video and audio display. A twenty minute program is viewed, which guides the patient into a relaxed state via soothing audio and video input.
Interventions
DEVICEVirtual Reality Hypnosis
Use of virtual reality headset to induce hypnotic state
DEVICEPlacebo
no use of device
Sponsors
Shriners Hospitals for Children
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
14 Years to 21 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Child presenting for reconstructive burn surgery
Exclusion criteria
* Visual or auditory difficulties
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| anxiety reduction | preoperatively |
Outcome results
None listed