The Effect of Virtual Reality Application on Anxiety and Fear Levels of Children Planned for Daily Surgery

Cihat Ozyılmaz

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fear; Child; Anxiety

Treatments: Device: virtual reality glasses; Device: virtual reality goggles

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06883929

BİTLİS-HEM-CÖ-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

Objective: This study was conducted to determine the effect of the animation video to be watched by child patients aged 5-10 before day surgery on their anxiety and fear levels in the preoperative period. Method: This research, which was conducted as a randomized controlled experimental study, was conducted with 80 children. Participants sociodemographic data, blood pressure, heart rate, Child Fear Scale and Yale Modified Preoperative Anxiety Scale Child Form were used to collect data. Comparisons in independent pair groups with Kolmogorov Smirnow Test whether the data received comply with normal distribution; Since the assumption of normality is met, comparisons in dependent pair groups are made with the significance test (t test) of the difference between two means; Since the assumption of normality was met, the significance test of the difference between two spouses was performed (two paired samples t test).

Full description

Objective: This study was conducted to determine the effect of the animation video to be watched by child patients aged 5-10 before day surgery on their anxiety and fear levels in the preoperative period. Method: This research, which was conducted as a randomized controlled experimental study, was conducted with 80 children. Participants sociodemographic data, blood pressure, heart rate, Child Fear Scale and Yale Modified Preoperative Anxiety Scale Child Form were used to collect data. Comparisons in independent pair groups with Kolmogorov Smirnow Test whether the data received comply with normal distribution; Since the assumption of normality is met, comparisons in dependent pair groups are made with the significance test (t test) of the difference between two means; Since the assumption of normality was met, the significance test of the difference between two spouses was performed (two paired samples t test).

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 10 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Not having an audiovisual disease

Exclusion criteria

Having an audiovisual disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

Data Collection

Experimental group

Description:

Equal numbers (n) (40:40) were included in the intervention and control groups by block randomization. Written informed consent was obtained from the parents and verbal consent was obtained from the children. Blood pressure and heart pulse was measured with the same calibrated devices throughout the study. The first and last measurements were evaluated by the researcher. In the intervention group five experts were consulted in order to involve children in the decision-making process. Three minutes and two six-minute video options. The videos show the forest, trees, flowers and 3D animated videos with animals and instrumental music were shown. Video maximum 30 minutes after being monitored. Both intervention and control group underwent the procedures to be applied in the preoperative period. The control group was not shown a video and only ward routines were applied.

Treatment:

Device: virtual reality goggles

Device: virtual reality glasses

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Routine maintenance was provided