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VR for the Reduction of Perioperative Anxiety

NCT06393556 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2024-05-31

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Summary

The study, set to take place at Gold Coast University Hospital in Australia, will be conducted as a randomized controlled trial. Patients preparing for gynecological cancer surgery will be recruited and randomly assigned to one of two groups: those who will receive standard care plus a virtual reality (VR) intervention, and those who will receive only standard care. Standard care encompasses the usual pre-operative procedures and support provided by the hospital staff.

We hypothesize that immersing patients in a preparatory virtual environment that shows them what they are to expect during their upcoming hospital stay for surgery, could help reduce their anxiety levels.

Conditions

  • Anxiety State

Interventions

OTHER

Virtual reality experience

An immersive VR experience, delivered using a VR head-mounted display, of the real-world environment at the hospital, featuring the pre-operative admission suite, pre-anesthetic bay, operating theatre, postoperative recovery room, and medical staff.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Ruhr University of Bochum

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Bernd C Schmid, MD · Gold Coast University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-05-10
Primary Completion
2022-02-04
Completion
2022-02-04

Countries

  • Australia

Study Locations

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