Burns, Pain
Conditions
Keywords
wound care
Brief summary
To examine the safety and efficacy of Virtual Reality (VR) distraction therapy in burn patients experiencing severe procedural pain during wound care.
Detailed description
This is a prospective, randomized cross-over study of the safety and effectiveness of the use of a virtual reality distraction intervention to management procedural pain during burn wound care. Up to 20 subjects will be enrolled until 12 complete the study.
Interventions
PROCEDUREPain management
Pain mamagement for burn care procedures.
OTHERStandard of care/no virtual reality game
no intervention for standard of care
Sponsors
United States Army Institute of Surgical Research
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* 18 years or oler with thermal injury * Understands English * patient perception of previous wound care procedural pain is greater than 6 on a numeric pain scal of 0-10 where 0= no pain and 10=worst pain ever experienced * ability to use a computer mouse or hit the space bar on a computer keyboard
Exclusion criteria
* unhealed burned wounds on face, neck or head * history of severe susceptibility to motion sickness * presence of open woun ds to the hands that cannot be covered with a dressing while operating the control button * patients who report a feeling of anxiety or discomfort while viewing the Snow World software on a computer without the helmet
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| There will be a 20-50% reduction in pain while using Virtual Reality Games during burn wound care | 48 hours |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed