Virtual Reality as a Self-Efficacy Intervention

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Trial ID: NCT05725395

Age - 5 Years-25 Years Gender - ALL Accepting Healthy Volunteers - No

Purpose

The goal is to explore the use of Virtual Reality (VR) as an intervention to increase self-efficacy in a healthcare setting. The investigators would like to determine if an educational VR intervention in the course of healthcare could increase pediatric patient self-efficacy compared to standard of care (i.e no VR).

Official Title

Improving Self-Efficacy of Hospitalized Children With Virtual Reality Education: A Pragmatic, Crossover Trial

Stanford Investigator(s)

Thomas Caruso

Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients' age range from 5 to 25 at LPCH/SHC facilities

Exclusion Criteria:

* Participants who do not consent
* Have a history of seizure disorder
* Currently have nausea
* Have motion sickness
* Are clinically unstable
* Currently using corrective glasses (not compatible with VR headset)
* Currently pregnant

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Intervention(s):

behavioral: Virtual Reality

behavioral: Standard of Care

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Contact Information

Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
Thomas J Caruso, MD, MEd
650-723-5728

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