NCT03662607

Impact of Virtual Reality on Pre-procedural anxieTy Prior to Heart cathEterIzAtion - VR-THEIA

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 180 (actual)
• Sponsor: Corewell Health West · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The primary aim of this study is to test the hypothesis that use of VR combined with standard procedural education will result in less pre-procedural anxiety than standard procedural education alone among patients undergoing first-time cardiac catheterization. The VR technology being evaluated in this study will allow patients to experience a 3-D simulation of certain aspects of their upcoming procedure prior to the actual procedure date.

Conditions

• Preprocedure Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Virtual reality experience	* Baseline wellness self-assessment administered (reporting on absence or presence and degree of severity of headache, nausea, dizziness, fatigue and vision abnormalities) * Seated comfortably and free of direct obstruction * Shown individual components of the VR system (View-Master with smartphone; headphones); given instructions; encouraged to ask questions. * Begin the VR experience. Study personnel stay in the room \& provide guidance and answer questions regarding the technology * When VR experience concluded, wellness self-assessment will be administered again.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-04-18
• Primary completion: 2021-11-29
• Completion: 2025-12-31
• First posted: 2018-09-07
• Last updated: 2026-04-14
• Results posted: 2025-03-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States