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Effect of Virtual Reality Environment Created in Preoperative Area and Hand Massage on Patient Outcomes

NCT06883916 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 78

Last updated 2025-03-19

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Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of video watching with virtual reality glasses and classical hand massage on patient outcomes in patients undergoing elective surgery. In addition, it's examined that if virtual reality glasses and hand massage execution is convenient way of to reduce anxiety in patients before surgery.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Is there a significant difference between the study groups in terms of post-application anxiety level?
* Is there a significant difference between the study groups in terms of post-application vital signs, pain and patient satisfaction? Researchers will compare responses to anxiety scales before and after the hand massage and virtual reality videos to see if they reduce anxiety levels.

Participants will:

* In the virtual reality group, they will answer the questions on the surgical anxiety scale, watch the video with VR glasses and answer the questions on the scale again.
* In the massage group, they will answer the questions on the surgical anxiety scale, and after the researcher gives them a hand massage, they will answer the questions on the scale again.

Conditions

  • Preoperative Patients
  • Surgical Procedures, Elective
  • Anxiety

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Virtual reality tour

The glasses have a pre-loaded video containing nature images in their memory. The patient feels like they are walking in the natural environment shown in the video.

BEHAVIORAL

Massage

A hand massage was applied by the researcher for 5 minutes for each hand. The massage, which was performed using baby oil and a paper towel, lasted 10 minutes in total for both hands.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cukurova University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sevban A Professor doctor · Cukurova 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
2024-08-01
Primary Completion
2024-12-30
Completion
2025-02-06

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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