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Virtual Reality for Tonsil Enlargement

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Waitlist Available
Research Sponsored by Nationwide Children's Hospital
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be younger than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up baseline
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial is testing whether a virtual reality tool can help improve a parent's comprehension of what their child will experience during surgery, and whether it may improve patient and caregiver satisfaction with the overall perioperative experience.

Eligible Conditions
  • Surgical Procedure
  • Tonsil Enlargement

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~immediately prior to discharge
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and immediately prior to discharge for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Parent Post-op Anxiety Score
Parent Pre-op Anxiety Score
Patient Post-op Anxiety Score
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Secondary outcome measures
Parent Satisfaction Score

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Virtual RealityExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Virtual reality (VR) will be provided to families of patients undergoing ambulatory pediatric surgery. VR will provide personalized education to patients and their families about the entire continuum of the child's surgical experience. This will range from the hospital registration, the peri-operative experience, including the separation of the child from the parent in the pre-operative area and the anesthetic induction process, and the post-operative hospital ward.
Group II: ControlActive Control1 Intervention
Families will receive standard pre-operative instructions.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Nationwide Children's HospitalLead Sponsor
341 Previous Clinical Trials
5,220,385 Total Patients Enrolled

Media Library

Virtual Reality Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05008107 — N/A
Surgical Procedure Research Study Groups: Virtual Reality, Control
Surgical Procedure Clinical Trial 2023: Virtual Reality Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05008107 — N/A
Virtual Reality 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05008107 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Virtual Reality as a Perioperative Teaching Tool for Families
Brittany Willer 2021. "Virtual Reality as a Perioperative Teaching Tool for Families". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05008107.
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