Pain Acute
Conditions
Keywords
virtual reality analgesia, pain, distraction, attention
Brief summary
Participants will rate how much pain they experience during several brief thermal stimulations at painful but tolerable temperatures participants pre-approve. During some of the stimuli participants will be in virtual reality, and during some stimuli participants will not be in VR. Sometimes participants will receive two brief stimuli at the same time.
Detailed description
During VR, participants will put their cyberhand into a bowl of animated water and will place virtual objects in the bowl and stir the virtual water. Participants will also receive several brief thermal heat stimulations at a temperature of their choice (sometimes one stimulus, sometimes two simultaneous stimuli). During some of the stimuli participants will be in virtual reality, and some stimuli will not be in VR.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALVirtual Reality distraction
Participants goes into an immersive virtual reality during a brief painful stimulus
BEHAVIORALNo Virtual Reality
Participant receives a brief thermal stimulus during no treatment
BEHAVIORALOne brief pain stimulus
patient receives one brief pain stimulus with no simultaneous second stimulus
BEHAVIORALTwo simultaneous brief thermal stimuli
Participants receive two brief thermal stimuli at the same time
Sponsors
University of Washington
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Currently enrolled in a course at the University of Washington Psychology Dept., participating in the UW Psychology subject pool * Able to read, write and comprehend English * Able to complete study measures * Willing to follow our UW approved instructions * 18 years of age or older
Exclusion criteria
* People how have already previously participated in this same study (e.g., last quarter) are not eligible to participate again. * Not enrolled in a course at the University of Washington Psychology Dept., participating in the UW Psychology subject pool * Not be able to read, write and comprehend English * Younger than 18 years of age. * Not capable of completing measures * Not capable of indicating pain intensity, * Not capable of filling out study measures, * Extreme susceptibility to motion sickness,
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| worst pain during one stimulus vs during two simultaneous stimuli | measured immediately after each pain stimulus | graphic rating scale of worst pain intensity measured after one brief thermal pain stimuli, minimum = 0, maximum = 10, and measured again after two simultaenous thermal pain stimuli. In both cases, higher scores mean worse outcome |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| worst pain during No VR vs worst pain during Virtual Reality | measured immediately after each pain stimulus | graphic rating scale of worst pain intensity measured after one brief thermal pain stimulus with no VR, minimum = 0, maximum = 10, and measured again after one thermal pain stimuli during virtual reality. In both cases, higher scores mean worse outcome |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed