Hypnosis and Virtual Reality in Bone Marrow Examination

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorBnai Zion Medical Center

About this trial

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the effects of hypnosis, virtual reality or their combination in patients undergoing a bone marrow procedure.

The main question it aims to answer is whether such interventions may relieve anxiety and other symptoms described by patients undergoing the procedure.

Before the bone marrow procedure and after being explained on the study and signing informed consent, the nurse will measure vital signs and participants will fill-out a 2-minutes' questionnaire and will be assigned to one of 3 groups:

* Hearing a 7-minutes hypnotic script via earphones * Seeing and hearing virtual images and sounds via a virtual reality device during 7 minutes * None of these After these interventions or 10 minutes after assignation for patients not receiving intervention, patients will fill questionnaires again (about 5 minutes for filling the 2 questionnaires) and vital signs will be measured again. Then the bone marrow procedure will be performed. After the bone marrow procedure, the participants will fill-out another 2-minutes questionnaire and vital signs will be measured by the nurse.

Researchers will compare hypnotic script, virtual reality, their combination or none of them to see if they can affect anxiety and other complaints in patients undergoing a bone marrow procedure.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Age 18 or older

Candidate for a BM examination at the hematology unit

Ability to answer questionnaires in Hebrew, Arabic or Russian

Informed consent form signing

Disqualifiers

Major hearing impairment

Major visual impairment.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Hypnosis
  • Virtual reality (VR)

Treatment groups

100 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators