Effect of Virtual Reality on Preoperative Anxiety

Mersin University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Preoperative Anxiety

Treatments: Other: VR application group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04547322

Gulay Ugras

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of virtual reality (VR) on the preoperative anxietyof patients undergoing colorectal surgery.

Full description

The sample of this study consisted of 86 patients in experimental and control groups. The experimental group received VR application in the preoperative period for 10 minutes. Anxiety level was assessed with the Anxiety Specific to Surgery Questionnaire (ASSQ) and measured with physiological responses of anxiety such as systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), heart rate (HR), respiratory rate (RR) and peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2) before and after VR application.

Enrollment: 86 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:The study included

• conscious,
• orientated and cooperated patients who could speak and understand Turkish,
• who had no psychiatric diseases,
• who were 18 years old and older,
• who were scheduled for elective colorectal surgery for the first time,
• who did not take any sedative drugs before surgery, and
• who gave written and oral permission to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:n The study excluded

• had language problems,
• underwent emergency surgery,
• were over 65 years of age and
• refused to participate in the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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86 participants in 2 patient groups

VR application group

Experimental group

Description:

The experimental group received VR application in the preoperative period for 10 minutes.

Treatment:

Other: VR application group

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group received the routine procedure in the unit clinic where the study was conducted. The routine procedure of the unit includes patients are taken to the operating room on a stretcher and wait on the stretcher in the surgery waiting room until the operation room is prepared.