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Virtual Reality Relaxation for Addiction Inpatients
Virtual Reality Relaxation at an Adolescent Addiction Inpatient Ward: A Single-arm Pilot Trial
1 other identifier
interventional
40
1 country
1
Brief Summary
This trial examines the immediate session effect of Virtual Reality (VR) relaxation, when used at an addiction inpatient ward for adolescents.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable
Started Jan 2023
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
February 21, 2020
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
March 3, 2020
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
January 1, 2023
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
December 31, 2023
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 31, 2023
CompletedAugust 29, 2022
August 1, 2022
12 months
February 21, 2020
August 26, 2022
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Change from baseline in general well-being
Rated 0-100 using a visual analogue scale with smiley-type anchors (higher score is better outcome).
Change from baseline (start of session) to immediately after the intervention
Study Arms (1)
Virtual Reality relaxation
EXPERIMENTALParticipants may request to use the application at any time during their stay at the ward, as many times as they wish. Participants sign in using an anonymous study ID and sessions (and outcomes) are automatically logged by the device to this ID.
Interventions
Self-contained VR application allowing the user to build and custom a relaxation session, with options to vary session length (9-20 minutes), music/sound, relaxation exercises, and specific nature environment (three available) including time of day and events (e.g. rain). Delivered using an Oculus Go devices in kiosk-mode.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Patient at Maria Ungdom inpatient ward.
- Sufficient grasp of Swedish to understand terms of study participation and intervention instructions.
You may not qualify if:
- Self-reported stereoscopic vision or balance problems hindering VR experience.
- Self-reported history of repeated violent outbursts when using technology.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Karolinska Institutetlead
- Stockholm Universitycollaborator
Study Sites (1)
Maria Ungdom Heldygnsvård
Stockholm, 18354, Sweden
Related Publications (1)
Lindner P, Miloff A, Hamilton W, Carlbring P. The Potential of Consumer-Targeted Virtual Reality Relaxation Applications: Descriptive Usage, Uptake and Application Performance Statistics for a First-Generation Application. Front Psychol. 2019 Feb 4;10:132. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00132. eCollection 2019.
PMID: 30778311BACKGROUND
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Conditions
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Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Philip Lindner, PhD
Karolinska Institutet
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- NA
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- SINGLE GROUP
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Head of Research and Development, Maria Ungdom Clinic
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
February 21, 2020
First Posted
March 3, 2020
Study Start
January 1, 2023
Primary Completion
December 31, 2023
Study Completion
December 31, 2023
Last Updated
August 29, 2022
Record last verified: 2022-08
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
- Shared Documents
- ANALYTIC CODE
- Time Frame
- When trial is published and up to ten years after that.
- Access Criteria
- Signed data sharing agreement.
Raw outcome data (with no other identifiable information) may be shared with other researchers under conditions described below.