The Effect of Mindfulness Meditation and Virtual Reality on Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Patients

Ataturk University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy; Gall Bladder Disease

Treatments: Behavioral: Mindfulness Meditation; Behavioral: Virtual Reality

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05724277

SeckinTez

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to compare the effects of the Theory of Human Caring based short-term mindfulness meditation and virtual reality on patients scheduled for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Full description

Anxiety, fear and sleep disorders are frequently encountered conditions in preoperative patient evaluation. Common postoperative problems include pain, sleep disturbances, nausea and vomiting. When these problems are not dealt with effectively, patient comfort and satisfaction are adversely affected, recovery time after surgery and total hospital stay are prolonged, and the time allocated to nursing care increases. Today, it has gained great importance to try to manage these problems with pharmacological and non-pharmacological evidence-based approaches. In particular, nurses need to identify possible problems in both preoperative patient evaluation and postoperative patient follow-up and produce solutions for them. Although it is stated in studies that using easy, effective and safe non-invasive methods such as meditation and virtual reality can reduce the possibility of complications, increase the comfort level of patients, improve the quality of post-surgical recovery, and thus make the surgical process successful, there is no evidence to defend its effectiveness more clearly. more based studies are needed.

Enrollment: 160 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years old and over,
• To undergo laparoscopic cholecystectomy operation,
• No orientation problem,
• Volunteering to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Conversion from laparoscopic approach to open cholecystectomy in the operating room,
• Complications that may affect participation in the study,
• Taking the patient to the intensive care unit after surgery,
• Refusal to participate in the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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160 participants in 3 patient groups

Mindfulness Meditation Group

Experimental group

Description:

Mindfulness meditation will be applied to the patients in the Mindfulness Meditation Group for 15 minutes in the preoperative period, in both evening and morning.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindfulness Meditation

Virtual Reality Group

Experimental group

Description:

Virtual reality will be experienced to the patients in the Virtual Reality Group for 15 minutes in the preoperative period, in both evening and morning.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Virtual Reality

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

The patients in the Control Group will not undergo any intervention in the preoperative period and will receive the routine nursing care of the clinic.