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The Effect of Virtual Reality on Pain and Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Upper Endoscopy

NCT06159829 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2023-12-07

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Summary

Background: Virtual reality (VR) is a tool that uses three-dimensional computer graphics-based technologies to make an individual feel as if they are physically in the virtual environment by misleading their senses. In recent years, the use of VR has been widely used in clinical applications such as anxiety disorders, pain, and stress coping VR can be used to relieve acute pain and anxiety in hospitalized patients and was shown in several studies to reduce pain and anxiety levels Aim: to evaluate the effect of virtual reality on anxiety and pain in patients who underwent upper endoscopy without sedation.

Design: A single-centre, parallel-group, randomised control trial. Methods: The study sample consisted of 100 patients assigned to the intervention group (n=50) or control group (n=50) by stratified block randomization to control for sex distribution. During the upper endoscopy procedure, patients in the intervention group watched a video of natural scenery through virtual reality goggles. The study outcomes were anxiety and pain.

Conditions

  • Virtual Reality

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

experimental

intervention group used VR with a natural landscape and relaxing musical accompaniment during the upper endoscopy procedure.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Çankırı Karatekin University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Figen Erol Ursavaş · Cankırı Karatekin Univeristy

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-06-22
Primary Completion
2022-12-30
Completion
2022-12-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

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