The Effect of Virtual Reality Glasses on Pain and Anxiety

Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3; Phase 2

Conditions: Pain and Anxiety

Treatments: Device: Virtual reality glasses and Lidocaine; Drug: Lidocaine

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01659359

virtual reality glasses

Details and patient eligibility

About

In recent studies using virtual reality has been proposed as a non pharmacological methods for pain relief but until this time , its effects has not been assessed on pain and anxiety during episiotomy repair. To determine the effectiveness of virtual reality Glasses on pain and anxiety in Primiparity women during episiotomy repair.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 34 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Iranian
• low risk pregnancy
• Apgar ≥ 7

Exclusion criteria

• vision or ear disorders
• History of motion sickness or headaches
• psychological disease or Addiction
• Prescribe narcotic or sedation 4hour prior to delivery.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

virtual reality glasses and Lidocaine

Experimental group

Description:

virtual reality glasses and 5 ml Lidocaine 2%

Treatment:

Device: Virtual reality glasses and Lidocaine

Lidocaine

Experimental group

Description:

5 cc Lidocaine2%

Treatment:

Drug: Lidocaine