Therapeutic Virtual Reality : Impact on the Management of Pain and Anxiety Related to Hematology Care (REVEH)

The management of hematological malignancies justifies the completion of a complete assessment before the start of treatment. This assessment includes imaging tests (computed tomography, position emission tomography, cavitary scintigraphy), biology and very often an exploration of the bone marrow by anterior or posterior iliac biopsy. Pains related to the disease (node compression, invasion of solid organs) are taken care of at the diagnosis and often relieved by the start of the specific treatment. However, pain related to medical procedure is often overlooked and can lead to psychological trauma in some patients who may refuse to repeat these essential actions to assess the response to treatment. Anxiety contributes to pain and various relaxation techniques have already proven their effectiveness. The goal of the protocol is to reduce the pain and anxiety associated with medical procedure by using virtual reality with a helmet proposed at the time of the gesture.