Pain Control After Trauma

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00739076

Acronym

VRHTrauma

Enrollment

184

Registered

2008-08-21

Start date

2007-08-31

Completion date

2014-12-31

Last updated

2015-04-03

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Conditions

Trauma

Brief summary

Using Virtual Reality as a form of pain control for trauma patients.

Detailed description

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

Interventions

BEHAVIORALVirtual Reality

Using Virtual Reality for pain control

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Caregiver)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

12 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Age greater than or equal to 12 years * Compliant and able to complete questionnaires * Hospitalization for internal injuries requiring a laparotomy or for orthopedic injuries (closed long bone or calcaneus fractures). * A minimum of 3 days hospitalization * No history of psychiatric (DSM-IV-R Axis I) disorder * Not demonstrating delirium, psychosis or any form of Organic Brain Disorder * Able to communicate verbally * Able to take oral medications * Baseline pain level of \>=5/10 * English-speaking

Exclusion criteria

* Age less than 12 years * Not capable of indicating pain intensity * Not capable of filling out study measures * Hospitalization of less than 3 days * Evidence of traumatic brain injury * History of psychiatric (DSM-IV-R Axis I) disorder as evidenced in the admitting RN and MD admission notes. * Demonstrating delirium, psychosis or any form of Organic Brain Disorder and associated memory problems. * Unable to communicate orally. * Unable to take oral medications * History of sig. cardiac, endocrine, neurologic, metabolic, respiratory, gastrointestinal or genitourinary impairment * Receiving prophylaxis for alcohol or drug withdrawal * Developmental disability * Mini-mental status score of greater than 20 in patients older than 80 years or suspected of cognitive deficits * Non-English Speaking * Extreme susceptibility to motion sickness * Seizure history

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Pain and Anxiety	up to 3 times a day

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

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