Virtual reality for management of pain in hospitalized patients: A randomized comparative effectiveness trial.

Brennan Mason Ross SpiegelGarth FullerMayra LopezTaylor DupuyBenjamin NoahAmber HowardMichael AlbertVartan TashjianRichard LamJoseph AhnFrancis DaileyBradley T RosenMark VrahasMilton LittleJohn M GarlichEldin DzuburWaguih IsHakItai Danovitch

Published in: PloS one (2019)

VR significantly reduces pain versus an active control condition in hospitalized patients. VR is most effective for severe pain. Future trials should evaluate standardized order sets that interpose VR as an early non-drug option for analgesia.

Keyphrases

virtual reality
pain management
chronic pain
neuropathic pain
clinical trial
postoperative pain
study protocol
emergency department
phase ii
ultrasound guided