Virtual Reality for Pain and Anxiety Relief During Peripheral Angioplasty (VRPAIN)

Kastamonu University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3; Phase 2

Conditions: Peripheral Angioplasty; Pain Management; Virtual Reality

Treatments: Drug: dexketoprofen + midazolam; Other: Virtual Reality

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07057752

KastamonuUni

Details and patient eligibility

About

Peripheral arterial disease can cause serious leg pain and discomfort. During treatment with angioplasty, patients often feel pain and anxiety because the procedure is usually done with local anesthesia and no sedation. Virtual reality (VR) may help reduce these feelings by distracting patients.

This study will test whether using VR glasses during peripheral angioplasty can lower patients' pain and anxiety. Patients will be randomly divided into two groups: one will use VR, the other will not. Pain and anxiety will be measured at different times during the procedure. The need for extra pain or anxiety medication and overall satisfaction will also be recorded.

Enrollment: 52 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Undergoing elective peripheral angioplasty
• Can cooperate and appropriate for wearing VR glasses

Exclusion criteria

• Undergoing emergency peripheral angioplasty
• With neurological and psychiatric conditions that prevent reliable assessment of pain or anxiety scores

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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52 participants in 2 patient groups

Virtual Reality

Experimental group

Description:

Virtual reality glasses will be applied to patients in this group in addition to painkillers

Treatment:

Other: Virtual Reality

Routine treatment group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients in this group will be administered painkillers routinely in the hospital.

Treatment:

Drug: dexketoprofen + midazolam