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NCT Number: NCT00260221

VRH Pain Reduction During Burn Wound Care and Physical Therapy

Using Virtual Reality Hypnosis to relief pain and anxiety for burn patients.

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Key information

Conditions

Burn Burns Wounds and Injuries

Age range

7 year–85 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Washington; Harborview Medical Center

Seattle, Washington, 98104, United States

About this study

The purpose of the study is to examine whether there is more effective relief of pain and anxiety during wound care procedures in burn-injured patients that are treated with Virtual Reality Hypnosis with post-hypnotic suggestion.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Age greater than or equal to 7 years
  • Able to complete subjective evaluations of pain
  • English-speaking
  • Not demonstrating delirium, psychosis, or any form of Organic Brain Disorder
  • Able to communicate orally

Exclusion criteria

  • Age less than 7 years
  • Incapable of indicating subjective evaluation of pain
  • Non-English-speaking
  • Demonstrating delirium, psychosis, or Organic Brain Disorder
  • Unable to communicate verbally
  • Significant developmental disability
  • Extreme susceptibility to motion sickness

Treatment and study plan

using VR hypnosis/distraction and audio hypnosis

Behavioral

a between subject comparison using VR hypnosis and VR distraction and audio hypnosis for pain control

Primary outcomes

  1. we use GRS, VAS, McGill,and nurse GRS to measure the pain.

    Time frame: once a day

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

Nih

Collaborators

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Registry information

Official study title

Testing Interactions to Adjunctive Pain Control Techniques

Acronym: VRH

Important dates

Study start
2002
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2011
First posted
Dec 1, 2005
Registry last updated
May 8, 2013

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