NCT04544631

VR for Pediatric Burn Dressing Changes

Active and Passive Virtual Reality Distraction for Pain Management During Pediatric Burn Dressing Changes

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (actual)
• Sponsor: Nationwide Children's Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Years – 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study evaluated a smart phone virtual reality (VR) to manage pediatric burn dressing pain. A randomized controlled trial was conducted among 90 patients (6-17 years). Active VR participants played the game, passive VR group were immersed in the same VR without interactions, and a standard care group served as the control. One researcher administered VR and observed pain while another researcher administered post-trial survey that measured child's perceived pain and VR experience. Nurses were asked to report the clinical utility.

Conditions

• Pain
• Burns

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Virtual reality game as adjunctive pain management tool	A smart phone virtual reality-based pain alleviation tool (VR-PAT).

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-12-01
• Primary completion: 2019-01-31
• Completion: 2019-03-03
• First posted: 2020-09-10
• Last updated: 2024-08-23