Pilot randomized clinical trial of virtual reality pain management during adult burn dressing changes: Lessons learned.

ABSTRACT: Opioids are the most frequently used pain medications by US burn centers to control severe procedural pain during wound care. Concerns for long-term opioid use have prompted the exploration of non-pharmaceutical interventions, such as virtual reality (VR), for procedural pain management. The primary objective of this pilot study was to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of VR pain alleviation treatment in reducing adult burn patients' perceived pain during burn dressing changes. Adult patients aged 18-70 years were recruited from the inpatient unit of a single American Burn Association-verified burn center between May 2019 and February 2020 and randomly assigned to one of three arms. Active VR participants played four VR games; passive VR participants were immersed in the same VR enviro

SUBMITTER: Armstrong M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10519584 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature