NCT04754165

Postoperative VR for Recovery After Bariatric Surgery

Postoperative Virtual Reality (VR) for Recovery After Bariatric Surgery

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 106 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The objective of this study is to investigate whether the addition of immersive virtual reality (VR) in the immediate postoperative period to an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol could improve postoperative recovery from bariatric surgery.

Detailed description

The investigators propose conducting a randomized, controlled, single-center clinical trial of patients recovering from laparoscopic bariatric surgery. The objective is to investigate whether the use of virtual reality (VR) during the immediate postoperative period could improve patient reported quality of recovery and potentially reduce opioid analgesic requirements as compared to an existing ERAS protocol. The investigators hypothesize that immersive VR will improve subjective quality of recovery scores at time of Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) discharge as compared to standard ERAS.

Conditions

• Bariatric Surgery Candidate
• Postoperative Pain
• Postoperative Complications

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Virtual Reality Immersive Relaxation	The VR software developed allows patients to select from scenery such as mountains, the beach or from a selection of short videos, which are intended to promote relaxation.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-03-21
• Primary completion: 2025-06-01
• Completion: 2026-06-30
• First posted: 2021-02-15
• Last updated: 2025-07-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States