Effects of Virtual Glasses, Stress Ball and Music Intervention on Pain, Anxiety and Comfort in Patients Undergoing Inguinal Hernia Surgery

Cagla Toprak

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Inguinal Hernia; Anxiety; Pain

Treatments: Other: stres ball; Other: Virtual Reality Glasses; Other: Music intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06964984

23.12.2024- 10/40

Details and patient eligibility

About

Although it changes with age, due to its high incidence and prevalence, inguinal hernia is one of the most commonly performed surgeries by general surgeons. Pain, anxiety and changes in comfort levels in patients after inguinal hernia repair surgery negatively affect the patient's recovery after surgery. One of the goals of nursing care practices in the perioperative period, especially in patients undergoing surgery, is to provide and maintain patient comfort. Today, the concept of comfort is a part of quality nursing care, allowing patients to be comfortable, carefree, recover more quickly and cope better with disease stress. Using non-pharmacological methods in pain management reduces the use of pharmacological methods, increases the patient's comfort level, reduces stress and anxiety, increases the individual's sense of control over their own health and increases physical function and daily life activities. Virtual reality, music therapy, stress ball are used in various areas of clinical medical care as a way to distract attention and relieve pain.

Full description

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of distraction methods such as virtual reality, music therapy and stress ball applications on pain, anxiety and comfort levels in patients undergoing inguinal hernia surgery.

Enrollment: 120 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Between the ages of 18-70 Inguinal surgery will be performed,

  • No communication problems, can speak Turkish,
  • No psychiatric illness or mental perception problems,
  • No vision, hearing and perception problems,
  • No physical problems in squeezing a stress ball,

Exclusion criteria

• • Any postoperative complications,

  • Patients who do not agree to participate in the study,
  • Patients using anxiolytic drugs

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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120 participants in 4 patient groups

music group

Experimental group

Description:

The patient will be asked to choose their favorite music. The playlist will include ten songs from each music group (pop, Turkish classical music, local folk songs and religious music), for a total of 50 songs. The options will be shown to the patient via the phone (Apple/ MU783TU/A) and the music they want will be added to the playlist. The selected music will be listened to for 15 minutes before the surgery.

Treatment:

Other: Music intervention

Other: Virtual Reality Glasses

Other: stres ball

stress ball

Experimental group

Description:

Stress balls will be given to the patient in both palms, and they will be asked to count from one to five and squeeze them twice. The patient will be shown how to use the stress balls for 15 minutes before the surgery and will be made to practice. When the 15 minutes are up, the nurse will inform the patient and have the patient put the balls down.

Treatment:

Other: Music intervention

Other: Virtual Reality Glasses

Other: stres ball

virtual reality glasses

Experimental group

Description:

The patient will be shown a video of a nature walk by the nurse providing nursing care to the patient. The patients will be shown a video with virtual reality glasses for 15 minutes before the surgery.

Treatment:

Other: Music intervention

Other: Virtual Reality Glasses

Other: stres ball

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients in the control group will not undergo any intervention other than the standard care protocol.