Combining Virtual Reality and Hypnosis to Alleviate Chronic Pain in Elderly Patients with Hand Arthritis

NANot yet recruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

80

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

April 30, 2025

Primary Completion Date

September 30, 2025

Study Completion Date

September 30, 2025

Conditions
ArthritisArthritis/ArthrosisArthritis, RheumatoidElderly
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Virtual reality: Beach

Session 1 or 2 (counterbalanced): Exposure to a beach landscape

BEHAVIORAL

Virtual Reality: Forest

Session 1 or 2 (counterbalanced): Exposure to a forest landscape

BEHAVIORAL

Hypnosis: Magic Hand

Session 3 or 4 (counterbalanced): Exposure to a hypnosis technique: the magic hand

BEHAVIORAL

Hypnosis: Pain Manipulation

Session 3 or 4 (counterbalanced): Exposure to a hypnosis technique: manipulating the pain

BEHAVIORAL

Session 1bis - 1 week

Repetition of the Session 1 one week after Session 4

BEHAVIORAL

Follow-up

Repetition of the Session 1 three weeks after Session 4

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Ciusss de L'Est de l'Île de Montréal

OTHER

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