The Effect of Using Virtual Reality Glasses on Post-Care Pain and Comfort Level in Intensive Care Patients

Çankırı Karatekin University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Renal Failure; Gastro Esophageal Reflux; Copd; Heart Failure; Intensive Care Unit Syndrome

Treatments: Other: virtual reality, experimental group; Other: control group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06923982

CankırıKU-HEM-ES-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to determine the level of pain and comfort associated with the implementation of virtual reality prior to nursing care in patients undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit. The research will be conducted in the Internal Medicine Intensive Care Unit of a university hospital.

Full description

The aim of this study is to determine the level of pain and comfort associated with the implementation of virtual reality prior to nursing care in patients undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit.

The study will be conducted in the Internal Medicine Intensive Care Unit of a university hospital. The study population will consist of patients admitted to the internal medicine unit who are between 18 and 65 years of age, are conscious with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 10 or above, have no auditory or visual impairments, and are not receiving mechanical ventilation support.

A total of 60 patients will be included in the study and randomly assigned into two groups: 30 in the experimental group and 30 in the control group.

Data will be collected through face-to-face interviews using a Sociodemographic Characteristics and Information Description Form, a Visual Analog Scale (VAS), and the General Comfort Scale - Short Form (GCS-SF).

The intervention for the experimental group will include viewing calming videos using a virtual reality headset before nursing care. Pain and general comfort levels will be evaluated 24 hours after the nursing care procedure.

Statistical analyses such as percentage calculations, t-test, Mann-Whitney U test, and Spearman correlation analysis will be used to evaluate the data.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Individuals who are hospitalized in the intensive care unit (with diagnoses such as cancer, chronic renal failure, heart failure, gastrointestinal bleeding, COPD, DM, etc.) and volunteer to participate in the study.
• Between the ages of 18-65,
• Having clear consciousness, orientation to place, time and person, and having a GCS score of 10 and above,
• Individuals who do not have any hearing or visual impairment,
• They were determined as individuals who were not on mechanical ventilation support.

Exclusion criteria

• Receiving mechanical ventilation support
• Individuals under 18 years of age and over 65 years of age

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 1 patient group

virtual reality

Other group

Description:

During care, patients are given a duration of 3-10 minutes. virtual reality glasses (VR box 2.0 virtual glasses) for a total of 15 minutes walks in parks, nature and seaside with music background, with reality glasses (6.5 inches), videos that the patient wants to watch and whenever he/she wants, such as underwater or museum tours. Videos that could be changed were shown.

Treatment:

Other: control group

Other: virtual reality, experimental group