Clinical Trial: Virtual Reality (VR) Audiovisual Distraction to Reduce Pain and Anxiety for Prone Pain Procedures

U.S., Aug. 22 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07779083) titled 'Virtual Reality (VR) Audiovisual Distraction to Reduce Pain and Anxiety for Prone Pain Procedures' on Aug. 18.

Brief Summary: This study evaluates whether virtual reality (VR) audiovisual distraction can reduce pain, anxiety, and the need for pain and anxiety medications during prone pain procedures, compared to standard care alone. The trial design is a two-arm, parallel assignment, randomized controlled trial at a single site, the UC Davis Pain Medicine Clinic. Patients will be randomized in a 1:1 allocation to the intervention (commercially available virtual reality headset (Meta Quest 3) with audiovisual calming nature scene and...