Virtual Reality Interventions for the Improvement of Depression, Anxiety and Pain in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer and Caregivers

Inclusion Criteria: * PATIENTS: Documented informed consent of the participant and/or legally authorized representative * Assent, when appropriate, will be obtained per institutional guidelines * PATIENTS: ≥ 18 years * PATIENTS: Self-reported normal or corrected to normal vision and hearing * PATIENTS: Ambulatory (permitted to use walking aids such as cane or crutch) * PATIENTS: Ability to read and understand English for questionnaires * PATIENTS: Scheduled to undergo C/RT for their HNC * CAREGIVERS: Documented informed consent of the participant and/or legally authorized representative * Assent, when appropriate, will be obtained per institutional guidelines * CAREGIVERS: ≥ 18 years * CAREGIVERS: Self-reported normal or corrected to normal vision and hearing * CAREGIVERS: Ability to read and understand English for questionnaires * CAREGIVERS: A care giver identified by the patient and defined as a person who knows the patient well and is involved in the patient's medical care Exclusion Criteria: * PATIENTS: An employee who is under the direct/ indirect supervision of the principal investigator (PI)/ a co-investigator/ the study manager * PATIENTS: A direct study team member * PATIENTS: Inability to complete the surveys * PATIENTS: Serious mental illness * PATIENTS: Previous head and neck cancer treatment * PATIENTS: History of any psychiatric disease treatment with anti-depressants, substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), chronic pain (\> 3 months) *…