Respiratory Exercise to Copd With Virtual Reality Glasses on Dyspnea, Anxiety and Qualıty of Life

Summary

It was planned to examine the effects of breathing exercises applied with virtual reality glasses on dyspnea, anxiety and quality of life in COPD patients. The study was planned to be conducted in a single-blind pre-test post-test parallel group randomized controlled experimental design. Hypotheses created for the research; H0a: There is no difference between the dyspnea scores of the experimental group and the control group in the post-test in COPD patients. H0b: There is no difference between the anxiety scores of the experimental group and the control group in the post-test in COPD patients. H0c: There is no difference between the quality of life scores of the experimental group and the control group in the post-test in COPD patients. H1a: There is a difference between the dyspnea scores of the experimental group and the control group in the post-test in COPD patients. H1b: There is a difference between the anxiety scores of the experimental group and the control group in the post-test in COPD patients. H1c: There is a difference in quality of life scores between the experimental group and the control group in the post-test in COPD patients. It is planned to apply breathing exercise through virtual reality glasses for 8 weeks to the experimental group. It is planned that the exercises will be done three times a week in a total of 24 sessions. No intervention will be applied to the control group. It is planned to collect the research data in the pre-test, four weeks after the pre-assessment, and in the post-test (in the eighth week of the study). Inclusion criteria for the study; Being over 18 years old, being GOLD Stage II-III COPD (FEV1/FVC\<70%, FEV1\<80%), being \>24 as a result of the mini mental state assessment test, residing in the city center where the research was conducted. Exclusion criteria; exacerbation of COPD for the last four weeks, pneumonia, use of psychiatric medication.

Conditions

• Copd
• Breathing Exercises

Interventions

OTHER

Breathing exercise application with virtual reality glasses

In adapting breathing exercises to virtual reality glasses; The exercise video was first shot by the researcher in front of a green screen. Then, a 3D background design was made by a software developer, a 360-degree printout was taken, and it was converted into a form that can be viewed with glasses. The exercise video is prepared as 20 minutes. Exercises were performed at patients' homes through home visits. A total of 24 sessions of exercises were performed three days a week.

OTHER

routine treatment and care

routine treatment and care

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ataturk University

  collaborator OTHER

• Ardahan University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Mehtap TAN, Prof. dr. · Ataturk University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2023-03-13

Primary Completion

2023-11-13

Completion

2023-12-13

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations