NCT06668428

Effects of Virtual Reality and Nature Sounds on Pain and Anxiety in Women Having Cesarean Section

Effects of Virtual Reality and Nature Sounds on Pain and Anxiety After Cesarean Section: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ondokuz Mayıs University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study was conducted to determine the effects of virtual reality application on pain and anxiety in women who gave birth by caesarean section. It was applied to women who had given birth by caesarean section at a public hospital in northern Turkey, voluntarily agreed to participate in the study, and were randomly assigned to the intervention (n=40) and control (n=40) groups. Women in the intervention group were taught how to use virtual reality goggles. After the first mobilisation, women were shown a nature landscape video through virtual reality goggles (VRG) accompanied by nature sounds for an average of 20 minutes. The aim of this application was to enable women to view nature images more effectively accompanied by nature sounds, thereby helping them to focus on the images and sounds, distract their attention, relax, and escape the tension of their surroundings. The application was carried out with the women in a semi-reclining position and without sleeping. The same application was applied to each woman, and the glasses were disinfected with Dermosept surface disinfectant, which provides cold sterilisation, before the application. No application was made to the women in the control group; only the hospital's routine care was applied. The data were collected by the researcher through face-to-face interviews based on the statements of women after caesarean section.

Conditions

• Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• Nursing
• Caesarean Section
• Pain
• Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Virtual Reality Glasses	Pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods are applied in the management of pain and anxiety after cesarean section (Tetik \& Tekinemre, 2017). In addition to medical treatment during the post-cesarean care process, complementary and supportive non-pharmacological approaches can be used to address the woman holistically and provide multi-faceted contributions to the health of the mother and baby (Ali, 2022; Bayraktar, 2023). One of the non-pharmacological approaches, virtual reality glasses, is a device that provides two or three-dimensional environments to stimulate our senses by creating illusions of images (Appel et al., 2021). SGG creates a therapeutic effect by diverting attention, provides relaxation, and can thus be used in the management of pain and anxiety (Ayed et al., 2019). It has been determined that virtual reality glasses are an effective method in the management of pain and anxiety in the field of nursing (Akıncı \& Aydın Özkan, 2024).

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-12-24
• Primary completion: 2025-03-17
• Completion: 2025-06-15
• First posted: 2024-10-31
• Last updated: 2025-08-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)