NCT03692390

Virtual Reality vs. Standard-of-Care for Comfort Before and After Sedation in the Emergency Department

A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial of Virtual Reality vs. Standard-of-Care for Comfort Before and After Sedation in the Emergency Department

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 64 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of British Columbia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Years – 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Children often need procedural sedation in the emergency department during painful procedures (such as reducing fractures). Virtual Reality (VR) is an immersive experience using sight, sound, and position sense. Using VR may enhance distraction during the painful procedure and may reduce attention to pain. VR may also reduce anxiety during sedation induction by reducing providing an alternative stimulus. This study will randomize children (6 - 16 years old) to receive Virtual Reality or standard of care while undergoing procedural sedation. Investigators will measure heart rate, blood pressure, satisfaction (child, parent, provider), amount of sedatives used and compare between the two groups.

Conditions

• Procedural Sedation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Virtual Reality	Participants wear a Virtual Reality headset that consists of a ASUS phone and a VOX+ Z3 3D Virtual Reality Headset. The phone runs the VR Roller Coaster app to produce the virtual environment.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-09-21
• Primary completion: 2019-09-21
• Completion: 2019-09-21
• First posted: 2018-10-02
• Last updated: 2018-10-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada