Can Virtual Reality Technology Improve the Patient Experience in Oocyte Retrieval?

Peter Humaidan

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Infertility, Female

Treatments: Device: Virtual reality technology

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05826938

Virtual Reality-project

Details and patient eligibility

About

A non-pharmacological, non-blinded, randomized cohort study that will investigate the effect of Virtual Reality technology on the patient experience during oocyte retrieval.

The primary objective of the trial is to investigate the impact of Virtual Reality technology on the patient experience

Enrollment: 82 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women undergoing oocyte retrieval
• Understanding and speaking Danish

Exclusion criteria

• Previous participation in the trial
• Acupuncture as pain relief during oocyte retrieval

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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82 participants in 2 patient groups

Virtual reality

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention group receives stimuli in the form of Virtual Reality technology before and during oocyte retrieval. In addition, patients receive standard treatment

Treatment:

Device: Virtual reality technology

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group, does not receive stimuli in the form of Virtual Reality technology, but only the standard treatment