The Effect of Virtual Reality Goggles on Perceived Stress, Anxiety, and Fatigue in Nurses Working in Intensive Care Units

Firat University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Intensive Care Nurses

Treatments: Behavioral: virtual reality glasses

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07471152

2024/03-21

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to evaluate the effect of a Virtual Reality (VR)-based relaxation intervention on perceived stress, anxiety, and fatigue levels among intensive care unit (ICU) nurses. The ICU environment is characterized by high-intensity workloads and emotional demands, which often lead to increased psychological and physical strain on nursing staff

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• • Being 18 years of age or older

  • Actively working in the intensive care unit of the relevant hospital for at least six months,
  • Working on an alternating shift basis (such as 24-hour work - 24-hour rest) during the research period,

Exclusion criteria

• Having neurological disorders (epilepsy, migraine, vertigo, etc.) that may cause loss of balance or severe nausea during the virtual reality application,
• Being required to wear prescription glasses due to the technical structure of the VR headset (physical compatibility of the device),
• Having previously experienced any virtual reality (VR) application

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Experiment Group

Experimental group

Description:

Virtual Reality Glasses Group

Treatment:

Behavioral: virtual reality glasses

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

the group that did not make virtual reality glasses