NCT07132710

Reorganization Strategy to Optimize the Use of Virtual Reality

Strategy for Optimizing the Use of Virtual Reality by Reorganizing Practices

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hospices Civils de Lyon · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The benefits of virtual reality (VR) in managing pain and anxiety for critical care patients has never been demonstrated, even if a positive effect has been demonstrated in other populations of patients. A preliminary survey in 8 critical care units equipped with the VR mask, identified a under-use of masks by critical care teams. Before addressing the question of the effectiveness of the VR mask in a population of critical care patients, we must first identify the barriers and facilitators to its use and propose a new organization in critical care units promoting the use of VR mask by autonomous caregivers. A qualitative study will be conducted with patients and caregivers of a critical care unit to identify the barriers and facilitators to the use of virtual reality masks in the management of pain and anxiety by caregivers.

Conditions

• Adult Patients Managed in a Cardiac Critical Care Unit With a Pathology Requiring at Least One Potentially Painful and Anxiety-provoking Invasive Procedure

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Semi-structured interviews	Patients and caregivers will be interviewed about the barriers and facilitators to the use of VR masks in the management of pain and anxiety, in order to propose organizational changes that encourage their use.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-03-01
• Primary completion: 2025-06-01
• Completion: 2026-03-01
• First posted: 2025-08-20
• Last updated: 2025-08-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France