The Effect of Patient Education and in the Operating Room Family Interview Practices on Patient Outcomes Using Virtual Reality in Cholecystectomy Patients

Summary

This study was planned to be a randomized controlled experimental study to determine the effect of patient education and family interview practices using virtual reality on stress intensity, anxiety and information need levels, sleep quality and satisfaction with the preparation process for surgery in cholecystectomy patients. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Is there a significant difference in stress intensity, anxiety, and information need levels between patients who received and did not receive patient education with VR glasses in the ward before cholecystectomy surgery?
* Is there a significant difference in stress intensity and anxiety levels between patients who received and did not receive video family interviews with VR glasses in the operative waiting area before cholecystectomy surgery?
* Is there a significant difference in stress intensity, anxiety, and sleep quality levels at discharge of groups that received different VR interventions?
* What is the postoperative sleep quality of patients with low preoperative anxiety levels?
* What is the satisfaction of patients who received VR with the surgery preparation process? The patients participating in the study will be numbered according to the order of hospitalization and assigned to one of the control, education, education+interview groups in accordance with the randomization list. Face-to-face communication will be established with each patient in the ward on the day of hospitalization, in the preoperative waiting area when they come to the operating room and in the ward on the day of discharge. Depending on the groups in which the patients are included, they will be shown an educational video using virtual reality goggles and/or will be allowed to meet with their families. No application will be made to the control group and the ward routine will continue.

Conditions

• Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic
• Virtual Reality
• Patient Education
• Family Interviews
• Operating Room
• Anxiety
• Stress
• Sleep Quality
• Patient Satisfaction
• Patient Outcomes

Interventions

OTHER

VR patient education video

The educational video is created by converting the information provided by the service nurses into a video when the patient is admitted to the ward for surgery. The video will show a 2-3 minute animation of a nurse giving information. In a patient room, the service nurse will come to the newly admitted patient and explain the concept of cholecystectomy, the reasons for removing the gallbladder, how laparoscopic cholecystectomy is performed, the advantages of laparoscopic surgery compared to open surgery, the preparation process before and on the day of surgery, the conditions to be monitored after surgery, the importance of nutrition and fluid intake, defecation, the importance of early mobilization and discharge.

OTHER

VR family interview

Patients will have a 5-minute video call with their families in a 360° designed home environment using virtual reality glasses in the operating room waiting area.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Marmara University

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2025-01-05

Primary Completion

2025-07-31

Completion

2025-08-31

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations