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Virtual Reality and Standard Care vs. Standard Care Alone for Acute MSK Pain in Geriatric ED Patients

RecruitingNAAges 65 Years - 120 YearsAllAntonios Likourezos
NCT06685107 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

The proposed Virtual Reality as an Adjunct to Pain Management for Geriatric Patients in the ED (VRAP-ED) project will take place in the Emergency Medicine Department at Maimonides Medical Center. It seeks to enhance the analgesic practices for geriatric patients with acute painful conditions in the emergency setting. Although virtual reality (VR) has demonstrated effectiveness in reducing pain and anxiety in various clinical settings for juveniles and adults, the analgesic efficacy of VR for geriatric ED patients lacks established data. The project will use a geriatric-focused VR platform. The project intends to improve pain management for almost 200 geriatric patients by evaluating the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) in reducing pain and its impact on anxiety \& stress reduction. The research project will conduct a randomized clinical trial to investigate the analgesic efficacy a

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * age of 65+ * Emergency Medicine patients * non traumatic musculoskeletal painful condition * pain score of 4+ on the numeric rating scale * patient will warrant parenteral analgesia per treating physician * patient will have to be awake, alert, and oriented to person, place, and time. * comprehension of informed consent process and study related content * ability to complete assessments Exclusion Criteria: * painful syndrome requiring emergent and/or urgent pain control * altered mental status * unstable vital signs * history of recent epilepsy * seizure disorder * vertigo * active headache * nausea * motion sickness * dizziness
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What it tests

  • Standard of Care Analgesia
  • Standard of Care Analgesia + Virtual Reality
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Where

1 site
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn, United States
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