Healthy Volunteer Undergoing Painful Stimuli With and Without Hypnosis and Virtual Reality

Healthy Volunteer Undergoing Painful Stimuli With and Without Virtual Reality Hypnosis (VRH)

The main purposes of this study are as follows:

Compare the effect of painful stimuli with and without Hypnosis and Virtual Reality (HVR) on healthy volunteers.

• Use of sensors and captors to monitor physiological and neurophysiological changes by painful stimulus
• Monitor level of pain and anxiety with and without HVR
• Monitor level of unpleasantness of the pain with and without HVR
• Monitor level of Anxiety, Absorption, Dissociation, Satisfaction and Comfort with and without HVR

The control of pain and anxiety in a hospital environment is usually managed by pharmacological means that involve a series of risks and side effects.

For many years, non-drug solutions have been of interest to the public and the care staff. The benefits of hypnosis and of virtual reality are highlighted in many studies and today allow a different approach to medicine. It is important to invest in tools that are less expensive and also effective for the well-being of the patient and the care staff. The use of a blended solution using both clinical hypnosis and virtual reality has been only scarcely documented.

Inclusion Criteria:

- 18 years old to 70 years of age

Exclusion Criteria:

• Deaf subject
• Blind
• Non-proficiency in French (research language)
• Psychiatric disorder
• Patient under 18 years old
• Phobia of deep water
• Head or face wounds
• Claustrophobia
• Neurological disease
• Allergy to cutaneous electrodes
• Chronic pain and/or chronic analgesics consumption
• Medication affecting the autonomic nervous system
• Dizziness