Virtual Reality and Olfactory Stimuli Multimodal Intervention to Reduce Post-Operative Pain and Anxiety
80
about 2.7 years
18+
1 site in MA
What this study is about
This trial is testing a new way to help reduce pain and anxiety after heart surgery. It uses virtual reality, smells, and other devices to try and make patients feel better instead of using opioids or benzodiazepines. The goal is to see if this approach works and can be used in the future.
Simplified from trial records by PatientMatch.
What you may be asked to do
- 1.Use Bedside Olfaction Device
- 2.Use Essence Olfactory Necklace
- 3.Use Virtual Realty using a Microsoft Hololens, Empatica HR wristband, and EEG
Participation Burden
What's physically and logistically required of participants.
Requires travel to a study site
How treatment is administered
You are randomly assigned, but you will know your treatment.
Extracted study details
Pulled from the trial record to show what is being tested and what the study is measuring.
Secondary: Change in Anxiety Score (State Trait Anxiety Inventory), Change in Pain Score (Visual Analogue Scale), Change in Quality of Life (The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - General )(FACT-G), Change in Sleep Quality (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index), Change in Symptom Burden (Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale), Patient satisfaction with the VR/OS system.
diagnostic
Psychiatry / Mental Health