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NCT07846410
Virtual Reality-Based Hypnotherapy for Pain, Sleep, and Mood in Spinal Cord Injury
Conditions: Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI), Chronic Pain, Neuropathic Pain, Sleep Disturbance, Depression
Sex: All
Ages: 18 Years – 65 Years
Healthy volunteers: No
Phase: NA
Enrollment: 40
Sponsor: Istanbul Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital
Location: Istanbul Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Training and research Hospital Istanbul Istanbul
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether virtual reality (VR)-based hypnotherapy, added to conventional physiotherapy, improves pain, sleep, mood, and quality of life in adults with chronic spinal cord injury.
The main questions it aims to answer are:
* Does VR-based hypnotherapy added to physiotherapy reduce pain intensity more than physiotherapy alone?
* Does it improve neuropathic pain, sleep quality, anxiety and depression, spasticity, and quality of life?
Researchers will compare participants who receive VR-based hypnotherapy in addition to physiotherapy with participants who receive physiotherapy alone.
Participants will:
* Receive a standard physiotherapy and rehabilitation program 5 days a week for 2 weeks (10 sessions).
* If assigned to the VR group, also receive an approximately 20-minute VR-based hypnotherapy session after each physiotherapy session, using a VR headset and headphones.
* Complete assessments at the start of the study, at the end of the 2-week treatment period, and 2 weeks after treatment ends.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Age between 18 and 65 years
* Diagnosis of spinal cord injury
* Injury duration longer than 3 months
* Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score above 24
* Willingness to participate and provision of written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
* Injury duration shorter than 3 months
* Significant change in analgesic treatment within the last 3 months
* Visual or hearing impairment
* Epilepsy
* Severe psychiatric illness (psychosis, severe major depression, or bipolar disorder in the acute phase)
* Pregnancy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT07846410). StuddyBuddy aggregates publicly available trial information.