NCT04043663

Effects of Virtual Reality on Perioperative Pediatric Anxiety

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 240 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 4 Years – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study evaluates the effect of virtual reality on anxiety levels in a pediatric surgical population. Half of participants will receive standard perioperative treatment, while the other half will receive additionally a virtual reality local program.

Detailed description

It is well known that there is a high incidence of significant anxiety in pediatric population perioperatively, with adverse side effects in terms of emergence delirium and maladaptive postoperative behaviors. Many different strategies have been designed in order to minimize these negative consequences. Virtual reality is a new and simple technology that can be used at young ages. The aim of this study is to measure anxiety levels at different times in children scheduled for ambulatory surgery compared to patients with standard care without virtual reality.

Conditions

• Preoperative Anxiety
• Maladaptive Postoperative Behavior
• Emergence Delirium

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Virtual Reality glasses	Children are encouraged to watch the virtual reality program at least 24 hours before surgery.
PROCEDURE	standard perioperative care without virtual reality program	standard perioperative care without virtual reality program

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-07-15
• Primary completion: 2020-12-31
• Completion: 2021-07-15
• First posted: 2019-08-02
• Last updated: 2019-08-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain