NCT06153628

The Effect of Virtual Reality Glasses on Anxiety Level and Breast Milk Amount

The Effect of Virtual Reality Glasses Applied to Mothers Whose Babies Are in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit on the Level of Anxiety and the Amount of Breast Milk

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mersin University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Pain, anxiety, nausea, vomiting, etc. In coping with symptoms, virtual reality glasses are recommended as a distraction application. The study was planned to examine the effect of virtual reality glasses applied to mothers whose babies were in the neonatal intensive care unit, on the level of anxiety and the amount of breast milk.

Detailed description

Although milk is expressed early and frequently, milk volume and milk production may be lower in some mothers in the first few weeks.For this reason, pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods have been focused on to increase prolactin secretion and breast milk production in mothers with premature babies. It is emphasized that practices such as breast massage, hot application, nutrition and fluid consumption of the mother, thinking about her baby or looking at her picture, and psychological relaxation during milk expression with a pump increase the amount of milk. It is thought that the mother's stress and anxiety negatively affect the amount of breast milk in preterm births, and that methods that provide relaxation and relief will contribute to breast milk production by reducing stress and anxiety. Pain, anxiety, nausea, vomiting, etc. In coping with symptoms, virtual reality glasses are recommended as a distraction application.

Conditions

• Anxiety
• Amount of Breast Milk

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Virtual reality glasses	Videos consisting of nature and undersea images will be played through virtual reality glasses, which the woman wants to watch and can change whenever she wants.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-11-02
• Primary completion: 2024-04-10
• Completion: 2024-06-15
• First posted: 2023-12-01
• Last updated: 2025-05-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)