NCT05926817

Effect of Virtual Reality on Patients With Acute Pain After Thoracoscopic Surgery

Effect of Virtual Reality Intervention on Hospitalized Patients With Acute Pain After Thoracoscopic Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 61 (actual)
• Sponsor: Tianjin Medical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Immersive virtual reality (VR) as a non-pharmaceutical technology may deliver effective behavioral therapies for postsurgical patients with acute pain. To determine the analgesic effects of VR on patients after thoracoscopic surgery. The investigators conducted a randomized clinical trial to determine the postoperative effect of VR on pain relief in patients undergoing thoracoscopic surgery.

Detailed description

Immersive virtual reality (VR) as a non-pharmaceutical technology may deliver effective behavioral therapies for postsurgical patients with acute pain. Patients in the QTC-VR group had to participate in 15-minute interactive games wearing 3D-VR headsets. QTC-VR intervention had functions for breath-relaxation and attention-concentration training. It instructed the patients to breathe deeply with the marine animal's swimming relaxation rhythm and to constantly switch the vision field by rotating their heads and necks to catch animals. Therefore, the investigators conducted a randomized clinical trial to determine the postoperative effect of QTC-VR on pain relief in patients undergoing thoracoscopic surgery.

Conditions

• Virtual Reality
• Acute Postoperative Pain
• Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Placebo-VR headsets	Patients in the Placebo-VR group watched a 10-minute relaxation-based 2D film through VR headsets along with receiving conventional analgesia.
DEVICE	QTC-VR headsets	Patients in the QTC-VR group engaged in 10-minute interactive pain relief 3D VR programs while wearing VR headsets along with receiving conventional analgesia.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-10-19
• Primary completion: 2023-03-06
• Completion: 2023-03-07
• First posted: 2023-07-03
• Last updated: 2024-02-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China