Virtual Reality and Guided Imagery to Reduce Procedural Pain

Izmir Katip Celebi University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Virtual Reality Pain Distraction; Guided Imagery; Pain Management; Peripheral Intravenous Catheterization Application

Treatments: Other: The virtual reality; Other: The guided imagery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06835712

0040

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aim: The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of virtual reality and guided imagery to reduce pain during peripheral intravenous catheterization procedures in adults.Methods: The study will include 90 adults who were randomly selected between February and March 2025. One application group (n=30) will receive a virtual reality glasses application; the other application group (n=30) will receive a guided imagery application. The applications to the site of the peripheral intravenous catheterization will last two minutes. The control group (n=30) will receive the standard peripheral intravenous catheterization application procedure. The groups' level of pain during catheterization will be assessed using a visual analog scale.

Enrollment: 90 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being in accordance with time and place
• Being in no sensory problems
• Being aged between 18 and 65 years
• Being able to evaluate the visual analog scale correctly
• Participating voluntarily in the research.

Exclusion criteria

• Not participating voluntarily in the research
• Not fitting the inclusion criteria of the research
• Having a vision or hearing problem
• Having any illness which could affect pain perception, such as sensorymotor disorder, diabetes, peripheral vascular diseases or peripheral neuropathy
• Having phlebitis, scar tissue, dermatitis, an incision or findings of infection at the place where the intervention was to be performed
• Having taken an analgesic (within the previous six hours) or an anesthetic agent before the peripheral intravenous catheterization procedure

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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90 participants in 3 patient groups

The virtual reality group

Experimental group

Description:

During peripheral intravenous catheterization, virtual reality headset (Oculus Go) will be worn. Because the headset is reusable, attention will be paid to disinfecting them before and after each use.

Treatment:

Other: The guided imagery

The guided imagery group

Experimental group

Description:

During peripheral intravenous catheterization, an audio clip Mp3 player and headphones will be worn. Since these headphones are reusable, they will be disinfected before and after each use.

Treatment:

Other: The virtual reality

The control group

Experimental group

Description:

No intervention will perform on the control group before the peripheral intravenous catheterization procedure, and the standard peripheral intravenous catheterization procedure will perform.

Treatment:

Other: The guided imagery

Other: The virtual reality