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Immersive Multimedia as an Adjunctive Measure for Pain Control in Cancer Patients Garrett, Bernie; Tao, Gordon; Sun, Crystal; Tarvener, Tarnia; Gromala, Diane; Shaw, Christopher; Musoke, Richard; Cordingley, Elliott

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This study seeks to explore the efficacy of immersive multimedia experiences as a practical adjunctive therapeutic intervention in the self-management of the chronic pain associated with cancer patients. The trial will be undertaken with 100 cancer patients who are experiencing chronic pain. Participants will be randomly assigned to either a virtual reality (VR) therapy group or a 2D computer based multimedia control group (50 subjects in each). They will undertake either a series of VR interventions, or 2D computer based multimedia control sessions in their own homes over a period of a month. The intervention will be used daily for a month to enable customization to the therapy and record data over a long enough period of time to account for any individual short-term changes in pain. The VR sessions will consist of using a VR head mounted display (HMD) and computer to explore interactive immersive environments. The control group will be exposed to similar 2D computer based multimedia experiences (without a VR headset) that on home computers. Pre, during, and post pain test scores and quality of sleep assessments will be recorded using standardized tools.

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Title	Immersive Multimedia as an Adjunctive Measure for Pain Control in Cancer Patients
Creator	Garrett, Bernie; Tao, Gordon; Sun, Crystal; Tarvener, Tarnia; Gromala, Diane; Shaw, Christopher; Musoke, Richard; Cordingley, Elliott
Contributor	Sun, Jingjing
Date Created	2023-09-29
Date Issued	2023-10-04
Description	This study seeks to explore the efficacy of immersive multimedia experiences as a practical adjunctive therapeutic intervention in the self-management of the chronic pain associated with cancer patients. The trial will be undertaken with 100 cancer patients who are experiencing chronic pain. Participants will be randomly assigned to either a virtual reality (VR) therapy group or a 2D computer based multimedia control group (50 subjects in each). They will undertake either a series of VR interventions, or 2D computer based multimedia control sessions in their own homes over a period of a month. The intervention will be used daily for a month to enable customization to the therapy and record data over a long enough period of time to account for any individual short-term changes in pain. The VR sessions will consist of using a VR head mounted display (HMD) and computer to explore interactive immersive environments. The control group will be exposed to similar 2D computer based multimedia experiences (without a VR headset) that on home computers. Pre, during, and post pain test scores and quality of sleep assessments will be recorded using standardized tools.
Subject	Medicine, Health and Life Sciences; Other; Virtual Reality; Cancer; Chronic Pain
Geographic Location	British Columbia; Alberta; Ontario; Quebec
Type	Dataset
Date Available	2023-08-09
Provider	University of British Columbia Library
License	CC0 1.0
DOI	10.14288/1.0436928
URI	https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/9MSN4Y
Publisher DOI	https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/9MSN4Y
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0
Country	Canada; Canada; Canada; Canada
Aggregated Source Repository	Dataverse

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