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title: Comparison of Virtual Reality and Passive Distraction on Burn Wound Care Pain in Adolescents
nct_id: NCT01812655
overall_status: TERMINATED
phase: NA
sponsor: University of Arkansas
study_type: INTERVENTIONAL
primary_condition: Burns
countries: United States
canonical_url: "https://parkinsonspathways.com/agent/trials/NCT01812655.md"
clinicaltrials_gov: "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01812655"
ct_last_update_post_date: 2013-08-06
last_seen_at: "2026-05-12T06:44:59.385Z"
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# Comparison of Virtual Reality and Passive Distraction on Burn Wound Care Pain in Adolescents

**Official Title:** Comparison of Virtual Reality and Passive Distraction on Burn Wound Care

**NCT ID:** [NCT01812655](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01812655)

## Key Facts

- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Why Stopped:** Early termination of study due to fewer subjects available than expected resulting in small sample size.
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study Type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Target Enrollment:** 30
- **Lead Sponsor:** University of Arkansas
- **Collaborators:** Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute, Arkansas Biosciences Institute, Arkansas Children's Hospital Burn Center
- **Conditions:** Burns, Wound Care, Pain
- **Start Date:** 2010-06
- **Completion Date:** 2012-04
- **CT.gov Last Update:** 2013-08-06

## Brief Summary

Relief of severe burn wound care pain may require both medications to relieve pain and non-medication interventions,such as distraction. Little is known about distraction's effectiveness. Virtual reality may be an effective distraction. The aims of this study are 1)to evaluate the effect of virtual reality (VR), a newer interactive kind of distraction, compared to passive distraction (PD) by watching a movie, and usual care (SC) that is provided by the nurses, on pain experienced by adolescents during burn wound care and 2)to determine the relationship among anxiety, desire for distraction, and engagement with distraction on the pain.

## Eligibility

- **Minimum age:** 10 Years
- **Maximum age:** 17 Years
- **Sex:** ALL
- **Healthy Volunteers:** No

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Inclusion Criteria:

* undergoing burn wound care in the Arkansas Children's Hospital (ACH) outpatient burn clinic;
* first time visit to the ACH outpatient burn clinic or first clinic visit without conscious sedation;
* adolescents ages 10 to 17 years;
* English speaking;
* absence of a history of motion sickness (motion sickness has been reported in some VR users);
* absence of a seizure disorder (because prolonged immersion in VR may lead to seizures and vertigo in individuals with seizure disorders, these individuals will be excluded from the study);
* absence of a cognitive developmental disability determined on prescreening by presence of a Section 504 accommodation plan or Title VIII individualized educational plan (IEP) in school. If the parent identifies the nature of the IEP or 504 plan as unrelated to a cognitive delay, then the child or adolescent will be included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Burns that would interfere with study procedures
* Incarcerated minors
* Children in foster care
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## Arms

- **Virtual Reality** (EXPERIMENTAL) — Virtual reality using a software program designed for burn patients during burn wound care
- **Passive distraction** (ACTIVE_COMPARATOR) — watching a movie
- **UC provided by the nurses** (NO_INTERVENTION)

## Interventions

- **Virtual Reality** (DEVICE)
- **Passive Distraction** (OTHER)

## Primary Outcomes

- **Self-reported Wound Care Procedure Pain Score** _(time frame: Within the first 20 minutes following completion of the burn wound care procedure)_ — The acute pain experienced during the burn wound care procedure was measured on a 100mm visual analog scale called the Adolescent Pediatric Pain Tool through self-report by adolescents ages 10-17 years receiving outpatient burn wound care. The scale ranges from 0mm (No Pain) to 100mm (Worst Pain).

## Secondary Outcomes

- **Desire for Distraction** _(time frame: Post-procedure (approximately 30-75 minutes))_
- **Engagement With Distraction and Belief in Distraction's Efficacy** _(time frame: Post-procedure (approximately 30-75 minutes))_

## Locations (1)

- Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

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