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Impact of Virtual Reality on Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Interventional Procedures

RecruitingNAAges 18 Years - 80 YearsAllNorthwestern University
NCT05744336 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

Periprocedural anxiety is a common problem for patients who undergo interventional pain procedures. Virtual Reality (VR) is an immersive experience that has gained acceptance in the medical field as a tool for reducing anxiety and pain for patients.Research Aim: To evaluate the effect of immersive virtual reality (VR) on periprocedural anxiety related to therapeutic cervical epidural steroid injections (ESI). The investigators hypothesize that immersive virtual reality will result in a clinically meaningful anxiety reduction, defined as the proportion of participants with \> 50% reduction in Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) anxiety scores when compared to participants in the non-treatment group who will have standard preprocedural waiting time conditions in clinic, but no VR experience. Similarly, the investigators hypothesize a significant reduction in objective sympathetic tone as measured

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18-80 years old at day of enrollment * Neck pain patient deemed to be a candidate for pain control treatment with interventional fluoroscopically guided cervical epidural steroid injection as determined by their pain medicine provider based on history, physical exam, and radiographic findings * Willingness to undergo pre-procedural intervention of VR viewing experience or equivalent pre-procedural wait time * No history of prior epidural steroid injections * Did not receive sedatives prior to or during procedure Exclusion Criteria: * Refusal / inability to participate or provide consent * Contraindications to injection (anticoagulated states, allergy to components of injection, local infection at injection site, current infectious process or treatment of antibiotics for current infection) * Uncontrolled anxiety disorder or untreated/inadequately treated psychiatric disorder * History of Alzheimer's, dementia, or cognitive dysfunction * Patient currently taking benzodiazepines * Severe motion sickness * Seizure disorder * Vision loss * Non-English speaking patients
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What it tests

  • Group 1 Immersive Virtual Reality (VR)
  • Group 2 Control Group
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Where

1 site
Anesthesiology Pain Medicine Center
Chicago, United States
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