Virtual Reality Effect on Labor Pain and Satisfaction

Inonu University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Labor Pain

Satisfaction

Treatments

Other: Virtual Reality Application

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05280327

2020/603

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primiparous women wore virtual glasses during labor, playing games and exercising. pregnant women were divided into two groups. Experimental and control groups each consisted of 60 pregnant women.

Full description

Aim: The research was carried out to determine the effect of virtual reality application in labor on perceived labor pain and satisfaction levels in primiparous.

Material and Method: The study was conducted in a randomized controlled manner with a total of 120 primiparous women who applied to the delivery room of Elazig Fethi Sekin City Hospital between June 2020 and June 2021 (60 Experiments, 60 Controls). The pregnant women in the experimental group were played by the researcher during the active and transitional phases of labor with virtual reality glasses, which were designed for research and included methods used to cope with labor pain. Except for routine care, no application was made to the pregnant women in the control group. In order to determine the pain level of the pregnant women, SDS and SCS were applied four times, before and after the Virtual Reality applications. After delivery, DME-C was applied to both groups.

Enrollment

120 patients

Sex

Female

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

All pregnant women who were able to communicate verbally
Between 37-42 weeks of pregnancy
Single, live fetus and head presentation
Cervical opening <4 cm based on the labor follow-up form at admission to the delivery room, were included in the sample

Exclusion criteria

Women with a risky pregnancy diagnosis (such as preeclampsia, placenta previa, gestational diabetes)
Obstetric complications in labor (such as fetal distress, bleeding)
Visual and hearing problems
Any pharmacological pain-reducing method applied, were excluded from the study