Effect of Virtual Reality on Pain, Anxiety, and Vital Signs of the Patients Undergoing Port Catheter Implantation

Inonu University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Body Temperature Changes; Anxiety; Pain; Blood Pressure

Treatments: Other: Virtual Reality Distraction

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05140707

VRonPainAnxietyVitalSigns

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aimed to determine the effect of virtual reality on pain, anxiety, and vital signs of oncology patients undergoing port catheter implantation. The study was carried out with 139 participants (69 intervention, 70 control) between September 2019 and January 2020. A patient identification form, state anxiety inventory, a table for vital signs, and a visual analog scale for pain severity were used for the data collection. Data were collected from the patients before, during, and after the implantation. In the intervention group, a virtual reality device, movies, and relaxing music were provided to the patients.

Full description

To determine the effect of virtual reality (VR) on pain, anxiety, and vital signs of oncology patients undergoing port catheter implantation. The study was a randomized controlled study. The study was carried out with 139 participants (69 intervention, 70 control) between September 2019 and January 2020. Data were collected before, during, and after the implantation by using a patient identification form, State Anxiety Inventory (SAI), a table for vital signs, and a visual analog scale for pain severity. In the intervention group, a virtual reality device, movies, and relaxing music were provided and patients were instructed to use it during the implantation and when they felt pain after the implantation. Data of the study were analyzed with IBM SPSS v25.0.

Enrollment: 139 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• aged 18 years and older, can communicate in Turkish, being diagnosed with cancer, and undergoing port catheter implantation.

Exclusion criteria

• being have chronic pain or anxiety disorders, using any type of analgesic or anxiolytic, and diagnosed with epilepsy were excluded from the study. The patients who have a visual impairment or also excluded from the study. Patients diagnosed with brain cancer or have brain metastasis were excluded from the study considering the potential seizures. During the intervention, the interventions were ended for the patients who experienced headache or dizziness (two most common problems caused by VR) and data of these patients were not included in the analysis.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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139 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

For the patients in this group, a virtual reality device was provided to the patients and patients wear it during the port catheter implantation and after the port catheter implantation when they felt pain.

Treatment:

Other: Virtual Reality Distraction

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

For the patients in this group, there wasn't any specific intervention during or after the port catheter implantation.