Active vs. Passive Virtual Reality for Reducing Pain and Anxiety During Office-based ENT Procedures

Summary

The purpose of this research is to evaluate whether active virtual reality reduces pain and anxiety more effectively than passive virtual reality during office-based ENT procedures. The main procedures include exposure to virtual reality (passive calming scenery or interactive puzzle game) via Paperplane Therapeutics software with VR headset or glasses during common in-office ENT procedures, participant self-report surveys (GAD-7, PHQ-9, PEG, VAS, SUDS, Likert, experience questions), and physician post-procedure survey. The study will enroll individuals 18 years or older who are scheduled to undergo common office-based ENT procedures (turbinate reduction, nasal debridement, balloon sinuplasty, radiofrequency ablation, nasal polypectomy, eustachian tube dilation, vocal fold injection, or subglottic steroid injection) at Cedars-Sinai.

Eligibility

Age range

18+ years

Sex

All

Healthy volunteers

No

Interventions

• Device
  Passive virtual reality headset or goggles

  Exposure to calming scenery through passive virtual reality using Paperplane Therapeutics software with VR headset or glasses during common in-office ENT procedures

• Device
  Active virtual reality headset or goggles

  Exposure to interactive game through virtual reality using Paperplane Therapeutics software with a VR headset or glasses during common in-office ENT procedures.

Location