NCT03905915

Virtual Reality (VR) to Reduce Preoperative Anxiety.

The Impact of Induced Hypnosis by Virtual Reality AQUA Module on Preoperative Anxiety.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Most patients awaiting surgery show significant anxiety score which can be influenced by the fear of anesthesia or surgery but also by the context of care. These anxious patients will have more postoperative complications and can also develop chronic pain. The Virtual reality AQUA module induces hypnosis and is specially designed to reduce anxiety. The purpose of the study is to examine the effect of a virtual reality session on preoperative anxiety.

Conditions

• Preoperative

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Virtual reality (VR) session with AQUA module	A device with virtual reality is given to the patients with a film of 15 minutes

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-02-26
• Primary completion: 2019-12-31
• Completion: 2019-12-31
• First posted: 2019-04-08
• Last updated: 2019-04-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium