Preoperative Anxiety in Pediatric Reconstructive Burn Patients: The Role of Virtual Reality Hypnosis

December 6, 2007 updated by: Shriners Hospitals for Children
Children with burns often require repeated reconstructive surgeries. These children tend to develop high levels of anxiety before coming to the operating room. Preoperative sedation, while somewhat effective in relieving this anxiety, has a number of side effects. The researchers hypothesized that preoperative anxiety could be effectively reduced by the utilization of a device which induces a relaxing hypnotic state through emmersion in a virtual reality environment.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The virtual reality environment is created by a Virtual Reality Hypnosis (VRH) device. The patient wears a headset which contains video and audio display. A twenty minute program is viewed, which guides the patient into a relaxed state via soothing audio and video input.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

25

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

14 years to 21 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Child presenting for reconstructive burn surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Visual or auditory difficulties

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: v
Use of VRH headset
Device: Virtual Reality Hypnosis
Use of virtual reality headset to induce hypnotic state
Placebo Comparator: c
Device: Placebo
no use of device

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
anxiety reduction
Time Frame: preoperatively
preoperatively

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Shriners Hospitals for Children

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: John E McCall, MD, University of Cincinnati

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

November 1, 2005

Study Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2006

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 29, 2007

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 6, 2007

First Posted (Estimate)

December 7, 2007

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

December 7, 2007

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 6, 2007

Last Verified

November 1, 2007

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 277444040

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