Natural Virtual Reality in the Application of Hospice Care

In recent years, the use of Virtual Reality devices or somatosensory technology in various fields of teaching or sports has gradually matured. It is even possible to see that libraries or museums use virtual reality to promote reading or art. The trend of cross-border application has been born. The use of horticultural therapy in the current service of dementia or hospice patients is more common than in the past. The research team of the Taiwan Normal University has developed the first 3D Virtual Reality horticultural therapy course in Taiwan. Therefore, this study attempts to use natural virtual reality as an auxiliary care method to see if it can relieve the pain of hospitalized patients in the hospice ward, or relieve the stress of the caregiver (such as the patient's family or ward medical staff)!

The purpose of the study is:

1. Use natural virtual reality as an auxiliary care mode to relieve the painful condition of inpatients in the hospice ward.
2. Use natural virtual reality to relieve the psychological pressure of caregivers (family, medical colleagues).

The subjects of the study were: inpatients in the hospice ward of the hospital, caregivers of inpatients in the hospice ward, and medical staff of the hospice team.

Research methods:

1. Use virtual reality head-mounted equipment to watch the natural landscape for 10 minutes each time. The patient and caregiver watched three times a week during hospitalization. The medical staff watched eight times a day on weekdays.
2. Questionnaire: The patient used the pain scale and the Distress Thermometer (DT) scale as the pre-test questionnaire. The caregiver and the medical staff use the DT scale and the "Profile of Mood States (POMS)" as the pre-test questionnaire.

Expected results: The patient is expected to reduce the pain and enhance the quality of life by viewing the virtual natural landscape. It is expected that caregivers and medical colleagues can relieve stress and enhance the quality of life by watching virtual natural landscapes.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Natural Virtual Reality in the Application of Hospice Care
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: to relieve the pain of inpatients in the hospice Ward

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 120
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Shin-Yi Lin; Phone Number: +886 277284952; Email: lanya2011@gmail.com

Study Locations

• Taiwan
  • Banciao Dist
    • New Taipei City, Banciao Dist, Taiwan, 220
      • Recruiting
      • Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
      • Contact: Shin-Yi Lin

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

*Target: Inpatients in hospice Ward, carers of inpatients in hospice Ward, nurses or physicians of hospice team.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Due to the use of virtual reality headsets, people with eye diseases (glaucoma or cataracts and other people who are sensitive to light) and people with a history of mental illness are excluded.
• Inpatients in the hospice Ward also excluded those with tumors or diseases above the neck, those with symptoms of delirium, confusion, and unconsciousness.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Inpatients in hospice Ward; Inpatients in hospice Ward with pain control problems	Other: to relieve the pain of inpatients in the hospice Ward; This study will use pain scale, distress thermometer and POMS to understand whether the patient's pain status have changed.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Pain scale	A single question, divided into 0-10 pain assessment scale.	up to 2 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Distress Thermometer, DT	A single question, the height of emotional stress ranges from 0-10.	up to 2 weeks

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
POMS	The scale is divided into seven factors: vitality, self-esteem, confusion, fatigue, anger, tension and tension, with 37 items in total.	up to 2 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Shin-Yi Lin, Family Medicine department

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 7, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 7, 2019
• Study Completion (Anticipated): September 30, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 11, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 19, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): August 21, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 16, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 14, 2022
• Last Verified: August 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: hospice care; Natural virtual reality
• Other Study ID Numbers: 108110-F

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No