Effect of Virtual Reality on Patient Outcomes and Satisfaction in Total Knee Replacement

Summary

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) in managing preoperative anxiety and postoperative pain in patients undergoing total knee replacement. Investigators will assess the impact of preoperative VR training on anxiety levels, explore the effectiveness of relaxing and distracting VR videos for pain management after surgery, and determine the optimal timing for VR application by comparing different VR intervention times. Our goal is to identify how VR can improve both the emotional and physical recovery process for patients undergoing knee replacement surgery.

Conditions

• Knee Replacement
• Knee Replacement Surgery
• Postoperative Pain, Acute
• Anxiety, Preoperative
• Pain Management
• Virtual Reality

Interventions

DEVICE

Virtual Reality Intervention for Preoperative Anxiety and Postoperative Pain Management (2 hours)

The Virtual Reality intervention involves participants wearing a VR headset at least one hour prior to their surgery to watch immersive, pre-recorded educational videos showing the operating room with a nurse explaining the process aimed at reducing pre-operative anxiety and nature videos with distraction effect after surgery for pain management. The intervention for pain management will be delivered 2 hours after surgery. The videos to be shown to patients will be limited to a maximum of 30 minutes. In addition, all participants will be reminded that they can remove the glasses or leave the study at any time.

DEVICE

Device: Virtual Reality Intervention for Preoperative Anxiety and Postoperative Pain Management (4 hours)

The Virtual Reality intervention involves participants wearing a VR headset at least one hour prior to their surgery to watch immersive, pre-recorded educational videos showing the operating room with a nurse explaining the process aimed at reducing pre-operative anxiety and nature videos with distraction effect after surgery for pain management. The intervention for pain management will be delivered 4 hours after surgery. The videos to be shown to patients will be limited to a maximum of 30 minutes. In addition, all participants will be reminded that they can remove the glasses or leave the study at any time.

DEVICE

Virtual Reality Intervention for Preoperative Anxiety and Postoperative Pain Management (6 hours)

The Virtual Reality intervention involves participants wearing a VR headset at least one hour prior to their surgery to watch immersive, pre-recorded educational videos showing the operating room with a nurse explaining the process aimed at reducing pre-operative anxiety and nature videos with distraction effect after surgery for pain management. The intervention for pain management will be delivered 6 hours after surgery. The videos to be shown to patients will be limited to a maximum of 30 minutes. In addition, all participants will be reminded that they can remove the glasses or leave the study at any time.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Aykut Turgut

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

TRIPLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

65 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2025-12-25

Primary Completion

2026-03-31

Completion

2026-03-31

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations