NCT04828980

Utilization of Different Virtual Reality Experiences

Impact of Different Virtual Reality Experiences on Anxiety and Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 32 (actual)
• Sponsor: Oregon Health and Science University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 89 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This trial studies differences between a mindfulness and a gaming virtual reality (VR) experience as a means for preoperative anxiety management and postoperative pain management among patients after head and neck surgery. Investigators will assess differences in anxiety scores, pain scores, physiologic measures, and subjective patient experiences.

Detailed description

Optimal postoperative pain control after head and neck surgery is vital for recovery, and non-pharmacologic strategies to improve pain may help reduce narcotic use. Further, preoperative anxiety is common and can impact postoperative pain, analgesic requirements, and recovery. In addition to facilitating with postoperative pain control, VR may have a role in reducing preoperative anxiety. However, it is unclear whether different VR experiences may be more beneficial for different clinical applications. This study will evaluate if there are differences in preoperative anxiety and postoperative pain when utilizing different VR experiences. Patients undergoing head and neck surgery will be randomly allocated preoperatively to first participate in either a mindfulness or active gaming VR experience, and then postoperatively will crossover and participate in the other experience they did not utilize prior to surgery.

Conditions

• Surgery
• Pain, Postoperative
• Anxiety
• Otolaryngological Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Oculus Quest: TRIPP	This is a VR experience that focuses on meditation and mindfulness
DEVICE	Oculus Quest: Angry Birds	This is an active gaming VR experience that utilizes controllers to aim and launch objects at targets.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-02-01
• Primary completion: 2022-04-11
• Completion: 2022-08-25
• First posted: 2021-04-02
• Last updated: 2023-10-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States