Medical Mindfulness: Virtual Reality Mindfulness Therapy for Anxiety and Pain Management in Patients With Acute and Chronic Pain

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Inpatient: Inpatients will be presented with an informed consent. If they sign the consent, they will then be given a VR headset pre- programmed with content that they may use for the duration of their stay. GI patients headsets will be collected when they are discharged. There are pain and anxiety ...

Inpatient: Inpatients will be presented with an informed consent. If they sign the consent, they will then be given a VR headset pre- programmed with content that they may use for the duration of their stay. GI patients headsets will be collected when they are discharged. There are pain and anxiety analog scales at the end of each program. This data will be downloaded to Stanford. Patient's will not be entering their PHI. we will know who has headsets, as they will be numbered. Patient who are hospitalized for chronic pain will be allowed to take the VR headset home for month and be asked to return it at their followup outpatient visit. Outpatient: Patient's who are about to undergo gastrointestinal disease testing or be seen for an outpatient GI appointment will be presented with an informed consent. If they sign the consent, they will be given the VR headset to use prior to their procedure. There are pain and anxiety analog scales at the end of each program. This data will be downloaded to Stanford Medicine Box.Patient's will not be entering their PHI. we will know who has headsets, as they will be numbered.

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