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Influence of Virtual Reality Distraction on Pain and Satisfaction During Outpatient Pediatric Orthopedic Procedures: A Randomized Controlled Study
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating A treatment group that will watch a non-VR video via an iPad, A treatment group that will have headset on and will watch a non-VR video, and 1 other intervention for Fractures, Bone and Deformity; Bone. Completed, enrolled 226 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Virtual Reality(VR) has had promising applications in science and medicine, including intervention delivery. The use of VR interventions has been studied in a wide range of medical conditions, including anxiety, phobias, obesity, chronic pain, and eating disorders. VR based simulation in pediatrics has grown rapidly in recent years and is expected to continue to grow. VR technology has become increasingly affordable, flexible, and portable, enabling its use in a broad range of environments including the outpatient clinical setting. Additionally, children are believed to have an inclination toward games of "pretend" or alternate realities further indicating the potential of this technology. While immersed in a game, they often become deeply absorbed and able to ignore aversive stimuli. VR is an engaging intervention that may help to detract from pain and anxiety for children undergoing painful procedures. Heart rate has been used as a means to objectively quantify the physiologic response to pain and anxiety. The purpose of the study is to conduct a randomized controlled study that assess the utility of Virtual Reality simulations compared to non immersive visual distraction in pediatric patients undergoing outpatient procedures including cast removal and surgical suture/pins removal. Primary outcomes will include changes in patient heart rate (an age-validated surrogate for pain and anxiety) and patient-reported changes in anxiety and pain. Secondary outcomes will include patient/parent-reported satisfaction.
Study Details
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Interventions
The iPad is a tablet computer first offered by Apple in 2010.The device resembles a much larger version of Apple's iPhone or its iPod Touch, and is about the same size as a magazine.The iPad uses the same operating system as the Apple iPhone, and uses very similar hardware. iPad will be used to deliver non VR video to patients. A standardized age appropriate video will be used for patients between ages 4-9 and a different standardized age appropriate video for patients ages 10-14. The selected videos will be the same for both the cast and suture/pin removal groups.
Oculus headset will deliver VR video to patients. Headset will be administered before intervention and removed at the completion of the intervention unless patient requests otherwise. Patients visual field will not change with head motion and will remain static throughout cast removal or pin/suture removal. A standardized age appropriate video will be used for patients between ages 4-14. The selected videos will be the same for both the cast and suture/pin removal groups.
VR using the Oculus headset will deliver VR images and sound. Patients will watch a 15-minute VR experience called Bear Blast. Bear Blast is an immersive, 360-degree, game experience that takes place in a fantasy world where the user attempts to shoot balls at a wide range of moving objects by gently maneuvering his or her head toward the targets. Bear Blast is a nonviolent and noncompetitive game that incorporates motivational music and features positively reinforcing sounds, animation, and direct messages to patients. Bear Blast will be used as the standardized game for all patients in the VR group of both study arms. The VR Oculus headset can be controlled entirely via head motion and does not involve the use of patients extremities.