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Effect of Virtual Reality on Caregivers of Palliative Care Patients

NCT05742555 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2023-02-24

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Summary

Due to advances in medical technology and accessible health services, the prognosis of diseases has improved and the need for care has increased, and primary caregivers have experienced the increased burden of caring for family members for a long time.

Because the patient is primarily responsible for continuing patient care in palliative care units and then at home, and especially because they have problems in psychological, social and financial support, caregivers within the family are considered as second-degree patients or occult patients.

Studies have shown that caregivers have a significant burden of care, therefore they experience serious depression, anxiety and physical problems, isolate themselves from society, and their quality of life decreases significantly.

In recent years, the use of virtual reality, which shows itself in different application areas in the field of health as a safe and useful system, has become widespread. Considering the use of virtual reality in the field of health; It is seen that it is mostly preferred for pain management, physical condition improvement, blood collection, burn treatment, and psychological disorder.

Conditions

  • Mental Well-being
  • Quality of Life

Interventions

OTHER

Virtual reality intervention

After the relatives of the patients included in the experimental group are informed about the study, they will be asked to fill in the Participant Information Form, Nottingham Health Profile (NSP) and Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMIOÖ) after obtaining their permission. The virtual reality intervention will be applied to the caregivers at a suitable time of the day (when the patient's care and treatment is not intensive, the caregiver wishes). Different nature scenes (sea, forest, stream) with different types of music (classical music, nature sounds, relaxing music) will be watched for 10 minutes, 3 days a week. The application will be made for 4 weeks. At the end of this period, they will be asked to fill the NSP and WEMİOÖ again as a final test.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ataturk University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-02-20
Primary Completion
2023-06-20
Completion
2023-08-20

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