Anxiety, Virtual Reality
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of the study is to evaluate if non-invasive, distracting devices (virtual reality) can decrease anxiety and improve affect and satisfaction in adult, hospitalized patients.
Interventions
Participants will be immersed in a virtual environment. Calming scenery will be shown via the headset for 20-30 minutes
Sponsors
Stanford University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* between age 18-99 * hospitalized at Stanford Health Care * english-speaking
Exclusion criteria
* significant cognitive impairment or inability to consent * current nausea * visual problems or currently using corrective glasses that are incompatible with the virtual reality headset * a history of severe motion sickness * a history of seizures cause by flashing light * clinically unstable or require immediate/urgent intervention
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) | Before and Immediate after intervention | Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) questionnaire. The HADS is a fourteen item scale. Seven of the items relate to anxiety and seven relate to depression. The anxiety and depression subscales each range from 0 to 21, with higher scores indicating higher anxiety/depression complains. Patients were defined as having anxiety or depression or both if the score was 8 or more in the corresponding subscale. |
Countries
United States
Contacts
Primary ContactThomas Caruso
Backup ContactMan Yee Suen
Outcome results
None listed