Effectiveness and Safety of Adjuvant Software Based on Virtual Reality for Post-thoracoscopic Surgery Pain

Launched by GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL · Aug 25, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is investigating whether using virtual reality (VR) software can help reduce pain after patients have undergone video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, which is a type of minimally invasive surgery on the chest. The study is currently recruiting participants who are at least 18 years old and have had surgery within the last day. Eligible participants should be comfortable using smartphones and the internet, and they should be experiencing moderate to severe pain after their surgery.

If you decide to participate, you'll be asked to use the VR software in addition to your usual pain management treatment. The research team wants to see if this new approach can make a difference in how well you manage your pain. It's important to note that individuals with certain conditions, like severe cognitive impairment or those who can't comfortably use VR due to vision or motion issues, won't be included in the study. Overall, this trial aims to explore an innovative way to improve comfort and recovery for patients after surgery.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1.Age greater than or equal to 18 years.
• • 2.Patients within 1 day after thoracoscopic surgery.
• • 3.Junior high school degree or above, Mandarin communication is unimpeded, with certain Internet knowledge and mobile phone reading and writing skills.
• • 4.The score of the numeric grading scale (NRS) at 24 hours postoperatively ≥ 4 points.
• • 5.Patients who are able to understand the purpose of the study, voluntarily participate in and sign the informed consent form, and are willing to complete the follow-up as required by the protocol.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1.Patients with severe cognitive impairment.
• • 2.Patients with a previous diagnosis of epilepsy, dementia, migraine, or other neurological disease that may result in the inability to use postoperative analgesic adjuvant therapy software or that may have adverse effects.
• • 3.Patients who are unable to understand or speak Mandarin.
• • 4.Patients who have visual abnormalities, severe hearing impairment, or motion sickness, etc., and are unable to view VR.
• • 5.Patients with trauma to the eyes, face, or neck that prevents the comfortable use of the VR device.
• • 6.Patients with severe heart, liver, kidney, hematologic, digestive, nervous system diseases and malnutrition.
• • 7.Patients who have previously used virtual reality software for pain that has not responded to treatment.
• • 8.Patients with a history of severe alcohol abuse, long-term heavy drinking, and symptoms of alcohol dependence.
• • 9.Patients who have participated in any analgesic interventional study within the past 1 week.
• • 10.Females who are pregnant or plan to become pregnant during the study.
• • 11.The patient or their immediate family member works for a digital health or pharmaceutical company for acute or chronic pain treatment.
• • 12.Patients who are unable to use electronic devices such as smartphones.
• • 13.Other conditions that the investigator considers inappropriate for participation in a clinical trial.