Decreasing REcurrent Pain and Anxiety in Medical Procedures With a Pediatric Population: Trial (DREAM-T)
Pain, Burns, Child
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Pain focused on measuring Virtual reality, Immersive distraction, Oculus rift, Virtual world, Virtual environment, Procedural pain, Procedural anxiety, Acute pain, Pain management, Anxiety, Children, Child, Kid, Kids, Pediatric, Pediatrics, Young children, Burns, Burn injuries, Burn unit, Physiotherapy, Physical therapy, Burn dressing, Dressing change, Non-pharmacological, nonpharmacological, Clinical Research, Nursing Practice
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- suffer from a burn injury requiring wound dressing change or physiotherapy
- presence of a consenting parent who can understand, read and write either French or English
Exclusion Criteria:
- requiring intensive care
- having a diagnosed cognitive impairment
- are unconscious or intubated during dressing change or physiotherapy
- suffer from epilepsy (considering the nature of the intervention)
- allergic to opioids or other analgesics used for standard pharmacological treatment
- having burn injuries on the face preventing the use of the Oculus Rift headset
Sites / Locations
- CHU Ste. Justine
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Experimental
Standard pharmacological treatment
VR distraction via Oculus Rift
Standard pharmacological treatment (including Morphine) according to the unit's protocol and adjusted to each participant's age, weight and condition by the anesthetist and pain clinic nurse.
In addition to standard pharmacological treatment, Virtual reality distraction through the use of Oculus Rift® will be used as the experimental intervention.