Could virtual reality be a breakthrough treatment to help ease the suffering of chronic pain in cancer patients? That’s one of the questions a pair of UBC professors from South Delta is hoping to answer.
Our study is recruiting cancer patients who also suffer from chronic pain and meet the following eligibility criteria:
- Age 16 or older
- Previous or current medical diagnosis of cancer
- Previous or current treatment by chemotherapy, radiotherapy, hormonal treatment, or surgery
- Currently an outpatient (not hospitalized)
- Chronic pain sufferer (suffering ongoing daily pain for 3 months or more with a Neuropathic Rating Pain Scale score of 4 or more)
- Able to understand the English language, and read and write English
- Have normal stereoscopic (binocular) vision
- Able to easily move your head up, down, left and right and wear a headset
- Have fine motor control in one hand sufficient to operate a joystick/control
- Have space at home for a computer and monitor equipment
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