NCT06940583

Comparison of Virtual Reality and Podcast in Improving Patient Experience During Colposcopy

Comparison of Virtual Reality and Podcast in Improving Patient Experience During Colposcopy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 75 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Sinem Ceylan · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 25 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study wants to see if two things-virtual reality (VR) and podcasts-can help women feel better during a medical test called colposcopy. The study looks at stress, anxiety, pain, and heartbeat. It also checks if women are happy with the test and how long the test takes. There are three groups: one uses VR, one listens to a podcast, and one gets no extra help. The study will include 75 women in Turkey. All women are 25 to 65 years old and need to have a colposcopy. Some women cannot join the study-for example, if they are pregnant, cannot see or hear well, or take strong medicine for pain or stress.

Conditions

• Stress
• Anxiety
• Pain
• Colposcopy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	VR	Participants will view a relaxing virtual environment (e.g. nature landscapes, lightly animated themes) for 5 minutes prior to the colposcopy procedure and during the colposcopy wearing a VR headset.
OTHER	Podcast	Participants will listen to a podcast of relaxing or informative content for 5 minutes before and 5 minutes during colposcopy. The content will be selected according to individual preferences (e.g. storytelling, humorous content or educational content).

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-04-30
• Primary completion: 2025-07-30
• Completion: 2025-12-30
• First posted: 2025-04-23
• Last updated: 2025-04-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)