Effect of Virtual Reality Application on Anxiety and Fear in Patients

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Conditions studied: Preoperative Patients, Patients Undergoing Abdominal Surgery

In brief

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if virtual reality application effects on anxiety and fear in patients who will undergo abdominal surgery. It will also learn about the practical of virtual reality application in preoperative theatre. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does virtual reality reduce patient anxiety levels before surgery? * Is virtual reality useful for patients to watch videos in the preoperative area? Researchers will compare virtual reality videos to routine nursing care to see if virtual reality works to treat preoperative anxiety and surgical fear. Participants will: * watch videos of nature scenes with VR glasses in the waiting area before surgery. * answer the surgical fear quastionairre items for preoperative fear test

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06830330

Run by

Cukurova University

People needed

46

Starts

2024-08-20

Expected to finish

2025-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-02-25

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients scheduled for abdominal surgery under general anesthesia using the laparoscopic method
• Patients who can communicate
• Patients who agree to participate in the study
• Patients over the age of 18

You may not qualify if…

• Patients who use glasses
• Patients with an ASA score above 3
• Patients with vertigo and motion sickness
• Patients with known psychiatric or behavioral diagnoses

Where it is running

• Balcali Hospital Health Application and Research Center — Adana, Sarıçam, Turkey (Türkiye) (enrolling)

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