NCT06072859Completed
The Impact of Simulated Forest Immersion Therapy on Pain and Anxiety in Patients Axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 31 Jul 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of the study is to learn about the ease of using a humidified fragrant citrus forest oil, along with a virtual simulation of a forest environment (i.e., with sights and sounds of nature using a personal tablet Surface Pro 3 with headphones, to learn more about how these two aspects of the simulated forest immersion therapy (SFIT) may improve pain, anxiety, blood-pressure, and heart rate related to Axial Spondyloarthritis. The investigators hope to learn how well SFIT may impact pain levels, feelings of calm, as well as blood- pressure and heart rate, and how participants tolerate the experience overall.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 10 (actual)
- First submitted
- 26 Sept 2023
- Start date
- 21 Sept 2023
- Primary completion date
- 31 Mar 2024
- Lead sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
- Diseases
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- NCT number
- NCT06072859
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 10
- From 21 Sept 2023 to the primary completion date, 31 Mar 2024
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- history of asthma
- known allergy to citrus aroma
- history of hypertension uncontrolled by medications
Other
- currently pregnant
- inability to detect common odors from commercial fragrances
- smoking within 15 minutes of the start of the intervention procedure
- hard of hearing without assistive devices
- limited vision not corrected by eye lenses
Who the study is looking for
- able to read at a 5th grad level
- medically diagnosed with Axial Spondyloarthritis
- tolerate having their BP and HR taken
- average of greater than 3 on their last recorded pain assessments
- average of greater than 4 on their last BASDI recorded
- currently have an assigned Rheumatologist in their care delivery
Age in the registry: 18 years to 100 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon Health Science University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Portland | United States | Unknown status |
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