Immersive virtual reality as analgesia for women during hysterosalpingography: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Hysterosalpingography (HSG) is an accepted radiologic diagnostic modality for initial infertility workup, and is generally considered uncomfortable and painful. However, the management of pain related to HSG remains inefficient. As an emerging nonpharmacologic and noninvasive pain control strategy, virtual reality (VR) distraction has been successfully used in areas such as burns, blunt force trauma, hospital-based needle procedures, dental/periodontal procedures, and urological endoscopy patients. This study aims to evaluate the analgesic effect of VR during HSG. METHODS/DESIGN:A single-center, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial will be carried out in the Radiology Department of Yinchuan Women and Children Healthcare Hospital, Yinchuan. A total of 200 participants who

SUBMITTER: Wang YL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6972014 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature