The use of virtual reality for Peri-procedural pain and anxiety at an outpatient spine clinic injection visit: an exploratory controlled randomized trial.

ABSTRACT: Chronic pain is a major public health problem. There is a need to develop novel treatment strategies to address this growing issue. Virtual reality is emerging as an alternative approach to help people suffering from chronic pain. The purpose of this work was to explore the feasibility, acceptability, and impact of a brief virtual reality relaxation video on peri-procedural pain and anxiety in chronic low back pain patients receiving spinal injections. The intervention was delivered in the context of a busy fluoroscopy injection clinic. Upon arrival to the clinic, consented patients were randomized into one of three groups: (1) Audiovisual monitor-flat screen (AV) (2) Virtual Reality headset (VR) and (3) Control-no intervention. The main questions we set out to answer were: (1) Is it feasi

SUBMITTER: Brown L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7540157 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature