Evaluation of the Impact of Virtual Reality on Sedation Use in Patients Undergoing Regional Anesthesia for Scheduled Orthopedic Surgery

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Conditions studied: Orthopedic Procedure, Anesthesia, Sedation

In brief

The VIRTUALR study evaluates the effect of virtual reality combined with hypnosis on anxiety in patients undergoing orthopedic surgery under regional anesthesia. Patients are randomly assigned to two groups: one group receiving virtual reality and a control group without the device. Anxiety and satisfaction questionnaires are used to compare the two groups.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07013695

Run by

Centre Hospitalier Eure-Seine

People needed

164

Starts

2024-07-18

Expected to finish

2025-07-19

Last updated by the study team

2025-06-10

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Signed informed consent
• Patient affiliated with or benefiting from a social security system
• Patient aged 18 years or older
• Patient requiring regional anesthesia for scheduled orthopedic surgery of the upper or lower limb

You may not qualify if…

• Patient refusal to participate in the study
• Device interfering with the surgical or anesthetic procedure
• Premedication before arrival in the operating room
• Psychiatric or cognitive disorders, communication disorders
• Patient unable to understand the study (language barrier, psychological issues)
• Emergency surgery

Where it is running

• Centre Hospitalier Eure-Seine — Évreux, France (enrolling)

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