Comparison of the effect of auditory distraction and virtual reality distraction on pain, comfort, anxiety and physiological parameters during dressing change in burn patients

Determining and comparing the effect of two methods of auditory distraction and virtual reality distraction on pain, comfort, anxiety and physiological parameters during dressing change of burn patients

The clinical trial with two intervention groups and one control group, with parallel groups, without blinding, using minimization or matched randomization method, on 60 patients, randomization will be done using minim software.

In the dressing room, the samples in the auditory distraction group will listen to no lyric music and the sounds of nature by headphone while dressing change, the samples in the virtual reality group will see images of the cosmos and nature while dressing change by using virtual reality headset. In the control group, the dressing will be changed as usual.

Inclusion criteria: age 15 to 60 years, not having speech, vision, hearing and mental retardation, not having neurological defects such as (neuropathy of limbs, paralysis of limbs), burn level 5-50 percent, second and three-degree burns, 2-3 days of hospitalization and no pain before changing the dressing. Exclusion criteria: unwillingness to participate in the study, emergency conditions such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation or seizures, history of drug use, self-immolation patients who have psychiatric problems, and the presence of burns in the eye and ear areas.

the auditory distraction group will listen to no lyric music and the sounds of nature by headphone while dressing change, and the virtual reality group will see images of the cosmos and nature by virtual reality headset while dressing change. Dressing in the control group will be done as usual.

pain, comfort, anxiety and changes in physiological parameters

Patients will be placed in two intervention groups and one control group by minimization method or matched randomization based on auxiliary variables. In this method, the first person will be randomly assigned to one of the groups, and the next people will be assigned to the group that has the least number of desired characteristics based on the degree of burn variable. This type of randomization method can be easily managed using minim software. The sequence of random allocation is done by the statistical consultant. Registration of people and their allocation to interventions will be done by the researcher.

All data can be shared after de-identification.

The access period starts 3 months after the results are published

The data will be available only to researchers working in academic and scientific institutions.

Analysis is allowed on the delivered data

Through the researcher's email address : khatere.soori@kums.ac.ir

First, the reason for requesting the data and introducing your resume and a full explanation about the possible use of the data should be emailed. Then the email will be answered within 1 month.