The Effects of Making Pregnant Women With Preterm Birth Threat Watch Nature Images With Virtual Reality Goggles on the Levels of Stress, Anxiety, Attachment, and Care Satisfaction

NCT ID: NCT05352503

Last Updated: 2022-09-27

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 126 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-04-05
• Study Completion Date: 2022-09-25

Brief Summary

Virtual reality application, which is a non-pharmacological method, is used for different purposes in many different fields. One of the areas where virtual reality application is used is health services. Its use in the field of obstetrics is new. Virtual reality application is often in pregnancy; it is used to reduce pain, stress and anxiety levels, exercise training and train pregnant women to effectively manage their pain during childbirth. Although pregnancy is a normal physiological process, adverse situations may occur that can make every pregnancy risky. Threatened premature birth, which is called the onset of uterine contractions without cervical changes between the 20th and 37th weeks of pregnancy, is also among these risk groups. Pregnant women diagnosed with the threat of premature birth are usually treated by hospitalization. Psychological problems such as stress, fear and anxiety may develop in pregnant women who are on bed rest in the hospital. In these pregnant women, mother-infant attachment may also be adversely affected. Pregnant women who are hospitalized and taken to bed rest due to risky pregnancy need to be informed and supported by health personnel. The midwife's spending enough time with the pregnant woman, keeping in touch and meeting her needs increase satisfaction in terms of care. When the literature was examined, it was determined that pregnant women were satisfied with the virtual reality application and thus increased care satisfaction.

Detailed Description

Virtual reality application, which is a non-pharmacological method, is used for different purposes in many different fields. One of the areas where virtual reality application is used is health services. Its use in the field of obstetrics is new. Virtual reality application is often in pregnancy; it is used to reduce pain, stress and anxiety levels, exercise training and train pregnant women to effectively manage their pain during childbirth. Although pregnancy is a normal physiological process, adverse situations may occur that can make every pregnancy risky. Threatened premature birth, which is called the onset of uterine contractions without cervical changes between the 20th and 37th weeks of pregnancy, is also among these risk groups. Pregnant women diagnosed with the threat of premature birth are usually treated by hospitalization. Psychological problems such as stress, fear and anxiety may develop in pregnant women who are on bed rest in the hospital. In these pregnant women, mother-infant attachment may also be adversely affected. Pregnant women who are hospitalized and taken to bed rest due to risky pregnancy need to be informed and supported by health personnel. The midwife's spending enough time with the pregnant woman, keeping in touch and meeting her needs increase satisfaction in terms of care. When the literature was examined, it was determined that pregnant women were satisfied with the virtual reality application and thus increased care satisfaction. In the literature, there is no study using virtual reality glasses in pregnant women diagnosed with preterm birth threat. For this reason, this study was planned to determine the effect of watching nature images with virtual reality glasses on the level of stress, anxiety, attachment and care satisfaction to pregnant women diagnosed with preterm birth threat.

Conditions

Psychological Stress; Anxiety; Prenatal Attachment; Pleasure; Virtual Reality; Preterm Birth

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: TRIPLE

Study Groups

watching video with virtual reality glasses

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Watching videos with nature images accompanied by nature sounds with virtual reality glasses

Intervention Type: DEVICE

The video with nature images accompanied by the sounds of nature with virtual reality glasses will be watched 3 times a day for at least 5 minutes for 2 days.

routine maintenance, no intervention

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Watching videos with nature images accompanied by nature sounds with virtual reality glasses

The video with nature images accompanied by the sounds of nature with virtual reality glasses will be watched 3 times a day for at least 5 minutes for 2 days.

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• who are in the age group of 18 and over,
• Able to speak Turkish and express himself in Turkish,
• Not visually or hearing impaired,
• Diagnosed with the threat of premature birth,
• Between 24-37 weeks of gestation,
• Primiparous,
• Single pregnancy,
• Open to communication, spiritually and mentally healthy,
• Pregnant women who are married and living with their spouses.

Exclusion Criteria

• In addition to the diagnosis of threat of preterm birth, other diagnoses (preeclampsia, fetal distress, premature rupture of membranes, gestational diabetes, bleeding, etc.)
• Having a chronic disease
• Women who are pregnant by assisted reproductive techniques.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Selcuk University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Sureyya Kilic

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Selcuk University Faculty of Health Sciences

Konya, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

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