Using Virtual Reality for Patients With Gastrointestinal Disease



Status:Recruiting
Conditions:Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Gastrointestinal, Gastrointestinal, Digestive Disease
Therapuetic Areas:Gastroenterology
Healthy:No
Age Range:8 - 25
Updated:10/27/2018
Start Date:September 1, 2017
End Date:February 2019
Contact:McKenzie Leier, BA
Email:mckenzie.leier@childrens.harvard.edu
Phone:6179194609

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Using Virtual Reality to Foster Engagement, Understanding, and Knowledge in Patients With Gastrointestinal Disease and Their Families

The primary aim of this study is to evaluate the effect and impact of a technology which
creates a virtual reality (VR), personalized representation of a patient's endoscopic
findings in comparison our standard practice (SP). Our study will compare the level of
knowledge, understanding and satisfaction the patient and family have between those receiving
SP and those receiving both SP and VR.


Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients aged 8-25 years of age who are willing and able to participate

- Patients who recently had an endoscopic procedure at Boston Children's Hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients who are unable to provide consent due to age or developmental status
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300 Longwood Ave
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
(617) 355-6000
Phone: 617-919-4609
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