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NCT Number: NCT03641859

Evaluation of Pain and Anxiety in Patients With an Invasive Procedure in Emergencies

A large number of patients presenting to the emergency department will have an invasive or potentially painful treatment (suture, urinary catheterization, reduction of dislocation or fracture). This care is a source of pain and anxiety for patients.

Since 1998, the management of pain is a public health priority in France. Law No. 2002-3003 of 4 March 2002 on the rights of the sick and the quality of the health system has made pain management a right: "Everyone has the right to receive care to relieve his pain. This must be in all circumstances prevented, evaluated, taken into account and treated ".

In emergency departments, the use of antalgic drug treatments and local anesthetics is systematic.

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Key information

Conditions

Virtual Reality Anxiety Disorders Mental Disorders Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint-Joseph

Paris, 75014, France

About this study

Other techniques to create diversions proposed in the recommendations of the French Society of Emergency Medicine for the management of wounds in emergencies can be used to improve the experience of patients: the use speech during the gesture or certain forms of hypnosis.

Pain and anxiety are two important factors to integrate to improve the management of patients in emergencies.

To improve pain and anxiety, distraction is a technique that can be used. Virtual reality is a distraction technique not yet frequently used but studied. It combines the visual and the auditory allowing immersion in a virtual world thanks to a helmet retranscribing a three-dimensional image. The diversion of attention through the use of virtual reality allows the patient to immerse themselves in a fictional environment through a mask on the eyes inhibiting the vision of the outside world and a headphone reducing external sounds and reinforcing the mechanism of 'immersion.

The use of the virtual reality headset has already shown benefits during pain care in burn patients and children.

The virtual reality headset has not yet been studied as a distraction tool for invasive and potentially painful care in emergencies.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Man and woman (age ≥ 18 years)
  • Francophone
  • Patient with medical insurance
  • Patient with a wound requiring trunk or limb sutures
  • Or male patient requiring an urinary catheter
  • Patient with cutaneous and subcutaneous wounds (deep plane possible) but without repair of noble tissues (tendons or fasciae) with no limit on the number of points to be made (i.e. without impact on the main endpoint).

Exclusion criteria

  • Patient with a wound or skin infection of the face
  • Patients with nausea, vomiting, dizziness
  • Patients with a history of neurological disorders with epilepsy
  • Patient whose investigator judges that he can not wear a virtual reality helmet
  • Patient under tutorship or curatorship
  • Patient deprived of liberty
  • Refusal to participate in the study.

Treatment and study plan

Virtual reality

Device

The virtual reality headset can be used for 45 minutes with the need to pause for 5 minutes if the gesture lasts longer. The VR sequence will be complete when the end of the programmed time is reached to preserve the patient's immersion. The patient will be able to see the final sequence at the end of the gesture in order to get used to the real world again. The programs and their durations will be adjusted to the duration of the gesture concerned. Regarding the pain, anxiety and satisfaction visual analogue scales, they will be performed just after the removal of the VR helmet.

Virtual reality videos are from Healthy Mind® software. The videos are contemplative with three kinds of relaxing landscapes accompanied by a sound universe specifically composed to relax the patient. The patient can choose one of three interactive worlds (an Asian garden, a forest or a mountain).

Primary outcomes

  1. Analogical visual scale on the pain felt during the treatment

    Time frame: 1 hour after the beginning of virtual reality

    Analogical visual scale on the pain felt during the treatment Analogical Visual Scale (EVA): a slider that allows the patient to self-assess the pain felt by a slider On the front of the ruler, is drawn a line or a pyramid on which the patient moves the cursor from the end "no pain" to the end "maximum pain imaginable" On the back of the slide, the caregiver reads the pain felt by the patient using a graduation in millimeters (from 0 to 100 mm)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Analogical visual scale evaluating the patient's anxiety during the treatment

    Time frame: 1 hour after the beginning of virtual reality

    Analogical visual scale evaluating the patient's anxiety during the treatment Analogical Visual Scale (EVA): a slider that allows the patient to self-assess the anxiety felt by a slider On the front of the ruler, is drawn a line or a pyramid on which the patient moves the cursor from the end "no anxiety" to the end "maximum anxiety" On the back of the slide, the caregiver reads the pain felt by the patient using a graduation in millimeters (from 0 to 100 mm)

  2. Analogical visual scale of patient satisfaction and satisfaction questionnaire

    Time frame: 1 hour after the beginning of virtual reality

    Analogical visual scale of patient satisfaction and satisfaction questionnaire Analogical Visual Scale (EVA): a slider that allows the patient to self-assess the pain felt by a slider On the front of the ruler, is drawn a line or a pyramid on which the patient moves the cursor from the end "not satisfied" to the end "very satisfied" On the back of the slide, the caregiver reads the pain felt by the patient using a graduation in millimeters (from 0 to 100 mm)

  3. Analogical visual scale evaluating anxiety and pain before and after the gesture according to the treatment group

    Time frame: 1 hour after the beginning of virtual reality and 1 hour before the end of virtual relaity

    Analogical visual scale evaluating anxiety and pain before and after the gesture according to the treatment group Analogical Visual Scale (EVA): a slider that allows the patient to self-assess the pain felt by a slider On the front of the ruler, is drawn a line or a pyramid on which the patient moves the cursor from the end "no pain/anxiety" to the end "maximum pain imaginable/maximum anxiety" On the back of the slide, the caregiver reads the pain felt by the patient using a graduation in millimeters (from 0 to 100 mm)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Fondation Hôpital Saint-Joseph

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Evaluation of Pain and Anxiety in Patients With an Invasive Procedure in Emergencies: Randomized Trial

Acronym: URGENCES_RV

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2021
First posted
Aug 22, 2018
Registry last updated
Mar 31, 2022

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