NCT07057752

Virtual Reality for Pain and Anxiety Relief During Peripheral Angioplasty

Effect of Virtual Reality Distraction in Reducing Patients' Pain and Anxiety During Peripheral Arterial Angioplasty: a Randomized Prospective Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2 / Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 52 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kastamonu University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Peripheral arterial disease can cause serious leg pain and discomfort. During treatment with angioplasty, patients often feel pain and anxiety because the procedure is usually done with local anesthesia and no sedation. Virtual reality (VR) may help reduce these feelings by distracting patients. This study will test whether using VR glasses during peripheral angioplasty can lower patients' pain and anxiety. Patients will be randomly divided into two groups: one will use VR, the other will not. Pain and anxiety will be measured at different times during the procedure. The need for extra pain or anxiety medication and overall satisfaction will also be recorded.

Conditions

• Peripheral Angioplasty
• Pain Management
• Virtual Reality

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Virtual Reality	Virtual reality (VR) will be applied to patients in this group in addition to painkillers. VR is a non-pharmacological method that uses special glasses to create an immersive visual and auditory experience. It helps distract patients from the procedure and may reduce pain and anxiety.
DRUG	dexketoprofen + midazolam	Patients in this group will be treated with dexketoprofen as a painkiller and midazolam as an anxiolytic, if needed. This combination aims to reduce both pain and anxiety during the procedure.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-08-01
• Primary completion: 2025-10-29
• Completion: 2025-10-29
• First posted: 2025-07-10
• Last updated: 2025-11-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)