NCT05135260

Virtual Reality on Pain, Stress, and Affect in the Infusion Clinic

The Effects of Virtual Reality on Pain, Stress, and Affect in the Infusion Clinic

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 99 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cody Stansel · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will investigate the ability of virtual reality to function as a novel distraction intervention and improve the experience of patients who are receiving chemotherapy in the infusion clinic.

Detailed description

Objectives: Primary Objective: \- To deploy and evaluate virtual reality as an intervention for stress, pain, and negative affect Secondary Objective: \- To evaluate cyber sickness and patient satisfaction related to the virtual reality treatment

Conditions

• Cancer
• Chemotherapy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Virtual reality therapy	Participants will watch a video allowing them to view nature, dinosaurs, animals, and human interactions in three dimensions during a session lasting 11 minutes.
BEHAVIORAL	Questionnaires	Questionnaires will be completed regarding stress, pain and affect
PROCEDURE	Measure heart rate	To be measured prior to starting treatment and halfway through the 11 minute Video
BEHAVIORAL	Cyber sickness measurement	To be measured using the fast motion sickness scale

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-11-01
• Primary completion: 2023-12-16
• Completion: 2023-12-16
• First posted: 2021-11-26
• Last updated: 2024-10-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States