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Effect of Virtual Reality on Preoperative Anxiety

NCT04547322 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 86

Last updated 2020-09-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of virtual reality (VR) on the preoperative anxietyof patients undergoing colorectal surgery.

Conditions

  • Preoperative Anxiety

Interventions

OTHER

VR application group

During the transfer from the general surgery clinic to the operating room (3-5 minutes) and in the surgery waiting room, the VR aplication group were asked to wear a virtual reality headset (VR BOX 2) and headphones minimizing sound loss (Earpods with Apple Lightning Connector) that are compatible with mobile phones with IOS operating system. The VR headset and the headphones were controlled by a mobile phone (iPhone 7 Plus). The researchers had the patients watch three-dimensional videos (e.g. underwater world, museum trips, forest and park walks, beach trips, and space travel) for 10 minutes with their preferred background and relaxing music.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mersin University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gulay Altun Ugras, PhD · Mersin University, Nursing Faculty

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-06-01
Primary Completion
2019-05-30
Completion
2019-05-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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