NCT06823141

Effect of Virtual Reality Immersion on Patient's Anxiety During Pre-oxygenation Before General Anaesthesia

Effect of Virtual Reality Immersion on Patient's Anxiety During Pre-oxygenation Before General Anaesthesia: a Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 46 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the use of virtual reality immersion during pre-oxygenation before general anesthesia could be feasible and beneficial for the patient. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does virtual reality immersion during pre-oxygenation reduce patient's anxiety? Does it impact patient's and anaesthetist's comfort? Is this technique easy to implement?

Conditions

• Virtual Reality
• Pre-oxygenation
• Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Virtual reality immersion	The study intervention, defined by the use of a virtual reality, exclusively takes place during the pre-oxygenation period where the patient is exposed to a virtual reality immersion scenario.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-01-24
• Primary completion: 2025-09-09
• Completion: 2025-09-09
• First posted: 2025-02-12
• Last updated: 2025-09-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland