Virtual Reality and Pain

Functional Outcome Response to Engaging Virtual Reality in Pediatric Patients: a Randomized Clinical Trials

Determine the impact of VR-Biofeedback, VR-distraction, and 360 video on pain and medication utilization in patients undergoing surgery; determine the role of anxiety and pain catastrophizing on changes in pain following VR-BF in patients undergoing surgery.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Ages 8 - 18 years
• Able to read, understand and speak English
• Patients in the immediate postoperative period with significant pain being followed by the Acute Pain Service

Exclusion Criteria:

• Outside the age range (< 8 or > 18 years)
• History of developmental delays, uncontrolled psychiatric conditions, or neurological conditions (especially epilepsy and/or significant motion sickness/nausea/vomiting)
• History of vertigo, dizziness, and/or seizure disorder
• Conditions that would preclude the application of the VR headset, such as surgeries of the head and neck