Distracting Through Procedural Pain and Distress
CompletedNot applicableNCT04892160
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Children with acute and chronic illness undergo frequent, painful, and distressing procedures. This randomized control trial was used to evaluate the effectiveness of guided imagery (GI) vs virtual reality (VR) on the procedural pain and state anxiety of children and young adults undergoing un-sedated procedures. We explored the role of trait anxiety and pain catastrophizing in intervention response.
Study details
- Official title
- Comparison of Guided Imagery and Virtual Reality (VR) Technology on Patient and Parent Coping and Resource Utilization During Unsedated Procedures
- Conditions
- Chronic Illness
- Hematologic Malignancy
- Bone Marrow Transplant Infection
- Oncology
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Interventions
- Other: Guided Imagery
- Other: Virtual Reality
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
- Collaborators
- Northwestern Mutual Foundation
- Start date
- 2018-02-15
- Primary completion
- 2019-04-29
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 8 Years to 25 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 2
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Individuals being seen by the hematology, oncology, and blood and marrow transplant services. * English-speaking patients between the ages of 8-25 years that are at least one month post-diagnosis. * Has one of the three qualifying procedures: port access, dressing changes, and IV sticks. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients having identified physical impairments (e.g., blindness, active infection of the skin, history of seizure disorder) that would prevent them from using VR equipment. * Patients with significant developmental delays that would prevent them from completing required study forms.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04892160