The Effect of Virtual Reality on Post-surgical Pain and Recovery.

Launched by RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · Apr 29, 2019

Keywords

ClinConnect Summary

Adequate management of post-surgical pain (PSP) may contribute to improved clinical and socioeconomic outcomes. Facilitating an adequate level of PSP relief is a challenging problem: the analgesics that are most frequently used, for example, opioids and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), often come with side effects and do not always provide sufficient pain relief. Therefore, pain management is increasingly focusing on (additional) non-pharmacological analgesics, including Virtual Reality (VR).

VR immerses the user in a virtual world through a head mounted device (HMD). VR is,...

Gender

ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Patient underwent surgery
• • Patient reports a postoperative pain score ≥4 on the first postoperative day at the surgical ward and pain score should also be marked with 'pain is not acceptable'.
• • At the day of recruitment, the estimated length of stay is at least 4 days after inclusion.
• • Patient is willing and able to comply with the trial protocol.
• • Patient is at least 16 years old on the day the informed consent form will be signed.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Patient suffers from delirium or acute confusional state.
• • Patient has (a history of) dementia, seizure or epilepsy.
• • Patient with severe hearing/visual impairment not corrected.
• • Patient is placed in isolation.
• • The skin of the patient's head or face is not intact (for example head wounds, psoriasis, eczema).
• • Unplanned (re)admission to the intensive care unit (ICU).
• • Inclusion in another trial to evaluate new ways of treating pain