Status:
COMPLETED
Tandem VR: Synchronized Nature-Based Experiences in Virtual Reality for Hospice Patients and Their Caregivers
Lead Sponsor:
Prisma Health-Upstate
Collaborating Sponsors:
Clemson University
Conditions:
Hospice
End of Life
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Background: Nature-based virtual reality (VR) and other outdoor experiences in head-mounted displays (HMDs) offer powerful, non-pharmacological tools for hospice teams to help patients undergoing end-...
Detailed Description
Methods: This study uses a synchronized Tandem VR approach where patient- caregiver dyads experience immersive nature-based and other outdoor VR content. This mixed methods study will recruit 20 patie...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion criteria:
- English speaking
- Projected life expectancy of \<6 months (established by hospice experts)
- Cognitively intact (has sufficient judgment, planning, organization, and self-control)
- Exclusion criteria:
- Having a cognitive impairment that affects protocol participation. This will be done with the assistance of Research Recruiters to assess eligibility.
- Have a condition that interferes with VR usage, including but not limited to seizures, facial injury precluding safe placement of headset
- Have a prognosis of hours or actively dying at the time enrollment
- Patients with motion sickness
- Patients with claustrophobia
- Patients with visual and hearing impairment
- Patients with inability to speak English
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2024
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 30 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
11 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06186960
Start Date
March 1 2024
End Date
April 30 2025
Last Update
June 10 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Cottingham Hospice House
Seneca, South Carolina, United States, 29672