Virtual Reality as a Intrinsic Motivation Intervention

NCT ID: NCT05725395

Last Updated: 2025-11-04

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

158 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-06-20

Study Completion Date

2025-01-30

Brief Summary

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The goal is to explore the use of Virtual Reality (VR) as an intervention to increase intrinsic motivation in a healthcare setting. The investigators would like to determine if an educational VR intervention in the course of healthcare could increase pediatric patient intrinsic motivation compared to standard of care (i.e no VR).

Detailed Description

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While virtual reality has gained momentum as a therapeutic supplement to distract from pain perception and to reduce anxiety, it has received less attention as an intervention to promote more holistic psychological intrinsic motivation in the course of in-patient care. Child and adolescent self-reported measures of intrinsic motivation have also been looked over in favor of parent or practitioner measures of a child's intrinsic motivation.

To evaluate the effectiveness of virtual reality on child and adolescent intrinsic motivation while undergoing hospital care, the investigators will determine the effect of virtual reality to 1) increase pediatric patient intrinsic motivation compared to standard of care using educational virtual reality, 2) establish a comprehensive profile of short-term psychological well-being in school-aged children and adolescents following admission to a hospital. Participants will serve as their own control to either receive intervention on the first day or second day of the in-patient care and no intervention will be given on the other day.

Conditions

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Psychological

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Virtual Reality then Standard of Care

Participants will be randomized to receive the virtual reality intervention on the first day and receive standard of care on the second day of in-patient care.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Virtual Reality

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

During in-patient care participants will be randomized to receive or not receive the educational virtual reality intervention on the first day. After two days, participants will receive a total of 10 minutes interventional in the morning (between 8am to 12pm) every day until their in-patient care concludes.

Standard of Care

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

For case control, participants will service as their self control and be randomized to receive no virtual reality intervention on either the first day or the second day of in-patient care.

Standard of Care then Virtual Reality

Participants will be randomized to receive the standard of care on the first day and receive virtual reality intervention on the second day of in-patient care.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Virtual Reality

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

During in-patient care participants will be randomized to receive or not receive the educational virtual reality intervention on the first day. After two days, participants will receive a total of 10 minutes interventional in the morning (between 8am to 12pm) every day until their in-patient care concludes.

Standard of Care

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

For case control, participants will service as their self control and be randomized to receive no virtual reality intervention on either the first day or the second day of in-patient care.

Interventions

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Virtual Reality

During in-patient care participants will be randomized to receive or not receive the educational virtual reality intervention on the first day. After two days, participants will receive a total of 10 minutes interventional in the morning (between 8am to 12pm) every day until their in-patient care concludes.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Standard of Care

For case control, participants will service as their self control and be randomized to receive no virtual reality intervention on either the first day or the second day of in-patient care.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients' age range from 5 to 25 at LPCH/SHC facilities
* patient who speak english only

Exclusion Criteria

* Participants who do not consent
* Have a history of seizure disorder
* Currently have nausea
* Have motion sickness
* Are clinically unstable
* Currently using corrective glasses (not compatible with VR headset)
* Currently pregnant
* non-English speakers
Minimum Eligible Age

5 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

25 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Thomas Caruso

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Thomas Caruso

Clinical Professor

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

Palo Alto, California, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 18696313 (View on PubMed)

Diener E, Emmons RA, Larsen RJ, Griffin S. The Satisfaction With Life Scale. J Pers Assess. 1985 Feb;49(1):71-5. doi: 10.1207/s15327752jpa4901_13.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16367493 (View on PubMed)

Kern ML, Benson L, Steinberg EA, Steinberg L. The EPOCH Measure of Adolescent Well-Being. Psychol Assess. 2016 May;28(5):586-97. doi: 10.1037/pas0000201. Epub 2015 Aug 24.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26302102 (View on PubMed)

Duckworth AL, Peterson C, Matthews MD, Kelly DR. Grit: perseverance and passion for long-term goals. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2007 Jun;92(6):1087-101. doi: 10.1037/0022-3514.92.6.1087.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17547490 (View on PubMed)

Duckworth AL, Quinn PD. Development and validation of the short grit scale (grit-s). J Pers Assess. 2009 Mar;91(2):166-74. doi: 10.1080/00223890802634290.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19205937 (View on PubMed)

Rosenberg M. [Consciousness from the viewpoint of electrophysics]. Psychiatr Neurol Med Psychol (Leipz). 1965 Nov;17(11):408-10. No abstract available. German.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 5884740 (View on PubMed)

Lachman ME, Weaver SL. The sense of control as a moderator of social class differences in health and well-being. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1998 Mar;74(3):763-73. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.74.3.763.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 9523418 (View on PubMed)

Kallem S, Carroll-Scott A, Rosenthal L, Chen E, Peters SM, McCaslin C, Ickovics JR. Shift-and-persist: a protective factor for elevated BMI among low-socioeconomic-status children. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2013 Sep;21(9):1759-63. doi: 10.1002/oby.20195. Epub 2013 May 13.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23671041 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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68166

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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