The Effect Of Immersive Virtual Reality Application On Anxiety, Pain And Family Satisfaction In The Perioperative Process Of Children

Abant Izzet Baysal University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Satisfaction; Anxiety; Pain

Treatments: Device: Virtual reality

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04824690

2019_78

Details and patient eligibility

About

An immersive virtual reality (VR) tour of the operating theater before surgery could reduce preoperative anxiety. The aims of this study were to analyze whether a preoperative virtual reality tour shows a reduction in anxiety in children and an increase in parental satisfaction.

Full description

Children who will undergo surgery for the first time and their families were randomly allocated into the control or VR group. The control group received conventional education regarding the perioperative process of surgery. The VR group watched a 1.5-minute VR video showing the operating theater and explaining the perioperative process. The main finding was preoperative anxiety evaluated using the Children's State Anxiety (CSA) before surgery. Secondary findings included children's postoperative pain ratings using Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale and parental satisfaction scores using PedsQL Health Care Satisfaction Scale

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 4 to 10 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children 4-10 years old
• ASA grade I or II
• General anesthesia
• Elective surgery

Exclusion criteria

• Children who have had previous surgery history
• Local anesthesia or emergency surgeries
• Premature or congenital disease history
• Having visual and hearing impairment
• Mental and developmental retardation
• Having a history of epilepsy and seizures
• Patients taking psychoactive drugs

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

Virtual Reality Group

Experimental group

Description:

The virtual reality group watched a 1.5-minute VR video showing the operating theater and explaining the perioperative process. After the surgery, this group watched cartoons during the first standard nursing procedures after the effect of the anesthesia wore off.

Treatment:

Device: Virtual reality

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group received conventional care and education regarding the perioperative process of surgery.