Virtual Reality for Burn Wound Care Pain Control
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Anxiety, Chronic Pain, Hospital |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Musculoskeletal, Psychiatry / Psychology, Other |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 12 - Any |
| Updated: | 4/2/2016 |
| Start Date: | October 2007 |
| End Date: | May 2010 |
| Contact: | Roger W Yurt, MD FACS |
| Email: | ryurt@med.cornell.edu |
| Phone: | 2127465410 |
The investigators propose to study the effects of virtual reality (VR) on patients' pain
perception during burn wound care. Such variables include psychiatric diagnosis and standard
pain coping (i.e. pain catastophizer vs. non-pain catastrophizer).Aims: The investigators
intend to evaluate the use of virtual reality in pain distraction for burn patients
undergoing burn wound care. To that end our aims are: 1) To determine if pain perception
will be less during the portion of the procedure in which the patient is immersed in the VR
session in comparison to the portion of wound care which will occur without VR immersion. 2)
To determine if anticipatory anxiety will be less for the portion of wound care that
includes the virtual reality in comparison to the portion without virtual reality. 3) To
determine if current psychiatric diagnosis, especially acute stress disorder and depression,
is related to higher pain perception and greater decrease in pain with the virtual reality
distraction. 4) To determine if being a "pain catastrophizer" is related to higher pain
perception and greater benefits from the
perception during burn wound care. Such variables include psychiatric diagnosis and standard
pain coping (i.e. pain catastophizer vs. non-pain catastrophizer).Aims: The investigators
intend to evaluate the use of virtual reality in pain distraction for burn patients
undergoing burn wound care. To that end our aims are: 1) To determine if pain perception
will be less during the portion of the procedure in which the patient is immersed in the VR
session in comparison to the portion of wound care which will occur without VR immersion. 2)
To determine if anticipatory anxiety will be less for the portion of wound care that
includes the virtual reality in comparison to the portion without virtual reality. 3) To
determine if current psychiatric diagnosis, especially acute stress disorder and depression,
is related to higher pain perception and greater decrease in pain with the virtual reality
distraction. 4) To determine if being a "pain catastrophizer" is related to higher pain
perception and greater benefits from the
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 12-100years
- Minimum burn wound size of 2% total body surface area (TBSA) excluding head and
dominant hand
- Be able to sit upright independently in bed
- Minimum pain rating of 4/10 on a Visual Analog Scale (only using the most painful
extremity).
- Able to consent to the study
Exclusion Criteria:
- Known history of motion sickness
- Seizures
- Migraines
- Current psychosis, dementia, or delirium
- Current blindness and/or deafness that significantly affects their ability to
experience the VR
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