Virtual reality for management of cancer pain: Study rationale and design.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with cancer commonly experience acute and/or chronic moderate to severe pain related to disease, treatment, or both. While pain management strategies typically focus on drug therapies, non-pharmacological interventions may prove beneficial without risk of significant clinical side effects or contraindications. One novel strategy, virtual reality, has been shown to improve pain control in addition to usual pharmacological interventions.

Methods

This is a prospective, two-armed, single center randomized controlled study of a virtual reality intervention in 128 hospitalized subjects with cancer reporting pain rated at least 4/10 compared to an active control intervention, two-dimensional guided imagery. The primary outcome is change in self-reported pain sco

SUBMITTER: Groninger H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8800065 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature