Virtual restorative environment therapy as an adjunct to pain control during burn dressing changes: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Small, Charlotte ^a   Stone, Robert ^a   Pilsbury, Jane ^b   Bowden, Michael ^b   Bion, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burns; Distraction; Pilot study; Procedure related pain; Randomised controlled trial; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BURN; BURN DRESSING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERGONOMICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; VIRTUAL REALITY; VIRTUAL RESTORATIVE ENVIRONMENT THERAPY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALGESIA; BANDAGE; BURN UNIT; BURNS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DEVICES; ENGLAND; INJURY SCALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY;

ANALGESICS; BANDAGES; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMPUTERS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY;

EID: 84938604922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-015-0878-8     Document Type: Article

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