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Brief Title: Evaluation of a Pre-surgical Virtual Reality Simulation for Cancer Surgery Patients
Official Title: Preoperative Virtual Reality for Cancer Surgery Patients: A Feasibility and Pilot Study
Study ID: NCT04544618
Brief Summary: This study will pilot test and explore the feasibility of a virtual reality simulation of the operating room environment to reduce anxiety/distress in cancer surgery patients. Study objectives are to evaluate recruitment and data collection procedures, outcome measures, participant feedback on the virtual reality operating room intervention, and the inclusion of a treatment as usual group, and effects of the intervention on symptoms of anxiety/distress. Results of this study will inform the design of an upcoming larger-scale RCT to assess the efficacy of this intervention
Detailed Description:
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Name: Jordana Sommer, MA
Affiliation: University of Manitoba
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Name: Renée El-Gabalawy, PhD
Affiliation: University of Manitoba
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Name: Kristin Reynolds, PhD
Affiliation: University of Manitoba
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Name: Pamela Hebbard, MD
Affiliation: University of Manitoba
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Name: Natalie Mota, PhD
Affiliation: University of Manitoba
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Name: Alan Mutch, MD
Affiliation: University of Manitoba
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Name: Thomas Mutter, MD
Affiliation: University of Manitoba
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Name: Rakesh Arora, MD
Affiliation: University of Manitoba
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Name: Jessica Maples-Keller, PhD
Affiliation: Emory University
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR