Using virtual reality to ease stress during PICC placement
Part of Mental health, Pain clinical trials.
This trial tests if watching a calming virtual reality scene can lower your stress, anxiety, and pain while a PICC or midline tube is being put in your arm for the first time.
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Who can take part
- You are 18 years old or older
- This is your first time getting a PICC or midline catheter
- You do not have any major thinking or memory problems
- You can understand and communicate with the study team
- You are not already in a lot of pain (give a pain score of 3 or less on a 0–10 scale)
- You do not have epilepsy, a brain tumor, or cancer that has spread to the brain
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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