NCT05967988

Atmospheric Projection in the Emergency Department

AtmosphEric pRojection for paIn and Anxiety reLated to Minor Medical Procedures in the Emergency Department: a Monocentric, Parallel, Randomized, Controlled Study

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 62 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Lausanne Hospitals · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the reduction of pain and anxiety during a minor procedure in the emergency department on adult patients through the visualisation of atmospheric projection as a distraction mean. The main question it aims to answer is : Can the atmospheric projection of a video reduce pain and anxiety in adult patients receiving painful procedures in the emergency department ? Participants will look at an atmospheric projection (projection of a media on the walls and roof around the patient) while receiving their planned care procedures. Researchers will compare an active group watching a video with a control group watching a simple colored light to see if the visualisation of an atmospheric projected video reduces pain and anxiety more than the visualisation of a colored light does.

Conditions

• Pain, Acute
• Anxiety Acute

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Immersive atmospheric projection	Projection of computer-generated videos or videos of real moving landscapes on the walls of the examination room
DEVICE	Minimal atmospheric projection	Projection of a colors on the walls on the walls of the examination room

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-08-14
• Primary completion: 2023-10-11
• Completion: 2024-04-30
• First posted: 2023-08-01
• Last updated: 2025-04-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland