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Reducing Adult Inpatients Anxiety With Virtual Reality Meditation

No phase Interventional Anxiety Virtual Reality

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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.

What is being studied
The protocol lists: Virtual Reality headset with calming scenery.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Anxiety, Virtual Reality. Basic parameters: 18 years — 99 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
United States
Next step
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Official title

Reducing Adult Inpatients Anxiety With Virtual Reality Meditation: A Prospective, Randomized Study

Overview

The purpose of the study is to evaluate if non-invasive, distracting devices (virtual reality) can decrease anxiety and improve affect and satisfaction in adult, hospitalized patients.

Interventions

  • Behavioral Virtual Reality headset with calming scenery
    Participants will be immersed in a virtual environment. Calming scenery will be shown via the headset for 20-30 minutes

Primary outcome measures

  • Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) [Time frame: Before and Immediate after intervention]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • between age 18-99
  • hospitalized at Stanford Health Care
  • english-speaking

Exclusion criteria

  • significant cognitive impairment or inability to consent
  • current nausea
  • visual problems or currently using corrective glasses that are incompatible with the virtual reality headset
  • a history of severe motion sickness
  • a history of seizures cause by flashing light
  • clinically unstable or require immediate/urgent intervention

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: No

Study design

Allocation
Randomized
Model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Open label
Primary purpose
Supportive care

Study locations

United States · 1 center
  • Stanford Health Care (SHC) — Palo Alto

Identifiers

NCT: NCT06234254 · 73841

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗