NCT05380700

Virtual Reality on the IMC

Virtual Reality Stimulation on the Intermediate Care Unit

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this substudy (main study NCT04498585) is to determine the feasibility of applying virtual reality stimulation to patients in the intermediate care unit. Patients on this ward are generally more awake and alert than patients in the intensive care unit, thereby they are able to provide feedback about their experience. As the intermediate care unit is not without stress, examining the physiological parameters (e.g., heart rate, respiration rate, blood pressure, etc.) could also provide telling information as to the calming effect of virtual reality. The movements of these patients are also recorded using accelerometers which will provide valuable information about the characteristics of the movements that patients make while confined to their beds. These movements can act as a reference for further investigation into movements related to delirium which is a secondary outcome measure of the main study.

Conditions

• Feasibility of Virtual Reality Stimulation for Critically Ill Patients

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Virtual Reality Stimulation	Participants in the intervention group will be provided with up to 30 minutes of relaxing, 360-degree virtual reality (VR) stimulation and corresponding sounds, twice in 24 hours during their stay on the intermediate care unit.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-01-17
• Primary completion: 2022-05-31
• Completion: 2022-05-31
• First posted: 2022-05-19
• Last updated: 2022-06-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland