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NCT Number: NCT06234254

Reducing Adult Inpatients Anxiety With Virtual Reality Meditation

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Anxiety Anxiety Disorders Mental Disorders Virtual Reality

Age range

18 year–99 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Stanford Health Care (SHC)

Palo Alto, California, 94304, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

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

Treatment and study plan

Virtual Reality headset with calming scenery

Behavioral

Participants will be immersed in a virtual environment. Calming scenery will be shown via the headset for 20-30 minutes

Primary outcomes

  1. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)

    Time frame: 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.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Man Yee Suen

CONTACT

[email protected]

650-723-5728

Thomas Caruso

CONTACT

[email protected]

650-723-5728

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Stanford University

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Registry information

Official study title

Reducing Adult Inpatients Anxiety With Virtual Reality Meditation: A Prospective, Randomized Study

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2027
First posted
Jan 31, 2024
Registry last updated
May 16, 2025

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