NCT04824690

The Effect Of Immersive Virtual Reality Application On Anxiety, Pain And Family Satisfaction In The Perioperative Process Of Children

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 70 (actual)
• Sponsor: Abant Izzet Baysal University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 4 Years – 10 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

An immersive virtual reality (VR) tour of the operating theater before surgery could reduce preoperative anxiety. The aims of this study were to analyze whether a preoperative virtual reality tour shows a reduction in anxiety in children and an increase in parental satisfaction.

Detailed description

Children who will undergo surgery for the first time and their families were randomly allocated into the control or VR group. The control group received conventional education regarding the perioperative process of surgery. The VR group watched a 1.5-minute VR video showing the operating theater and explaining the perioperative process. The main finding was preoperative anxiety evaluated using the Children's State Anxiety (CSA) before surgery. Secondary findings included children's postoperative pain ratings using Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale and parental satisfaction scores using PedsQL Health Care Satisfaction Scale

Conditions

• Anxiety
• Pain
• Satisfaction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Virtual reality	Immersive virtual reality tour of the operating theatre before surgery and distraction methods both using VR headset

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-03-01
• Primary completion: 2019-08-31
• Completion: 2019-08-31
• First posted: 2021-04-01
• Last updated: 2021-04-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)