The Effect of Virtual Reality Application on Pain and Anxiety Level in Stone Crushing With Shock Waves: A Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT ID: NCT05645445

Last Updated: 2022-12-09

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

72 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-12-15

Study Completion Date

2024-04-15

Brief Summary

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This research was planned as a randomized controlled experimental study in order to evaluate the effect of virtual reality application on pain and anxiety caused by the procedure during stone crushing process (ESWL) with shock waves.

Detailed Description

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Although urinary tract stones often remain asymptomatic at first, they can cause pain, hematuria, infection, decreased kidney function and kidney failure over time and can seriously affect the quality of life of people if not treated with appropriate methods.

Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) has been practiced as a treatment method to remove urolithiasis from the kidneys and ureters since the early 1980s.

The process is based on the principle that the sound waves obtained from a source other than the body are turned into shock waves and sent to the stone and the stone is broken down.

Relief of pain and anxiety during ESWL; In addition to maintaining patient comfort and satisfaction, it is extremely important to reduce the movement of the patient during the procedure and to facilitate the imaging and targeting of the stone.

Diverting attention is one of the most preferred methods to reduce the pain that occurs in patients while the diagnosis and treatment procedures are carried out. This method; It is a method that focuses the attention of patients on a different point and keeps the symptoms they experience under control and reduces them.

Strategies to divert attention include the application of virtual reality, which has been one of the methods that have attracted attention in recent years.

The individual focuses his attention on the image by moving away from real life with the glasses connected to the device worn on his head and the sounds coming from the headphones and feels as if he is in a different world thanks to these glasses.

In practice, it is aimed to reduce the patient's pain, discomfort and anxiety by drawing the patient's attention from pain and painful treatment procedures to a fun virtual environment.

Conditions

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Shockwave Lithotripsy Pain Anxiety Virtual Reality Nursing

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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control group

The routine ESWL procedure will be applied. Pre-procedural anxieties will be evaluated with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-State Anxiety Scale. After the ESWL procedure, their anxiety will be re-evaluated with the same scale, and their pain will also be evaluated with the Visual Analog Scale.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

virtual reality group

The pre-procedure anxiety of the patients who will use virtual reality glasses during the ESWL process will be evaluated with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-State Anxiety Score. After the ESWL procedure, their anxiety will be re-evaluated with the same scale and in addition to the pain, the pain will be evaluated with the Visual Analog Scale.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

virtual reality

Intervention Type DEVICE

patients who include intervention gruop during the ESWL process, patients will be shown videos with virtual reality glasses, which include nature and landscapes, giving people a feeling of comfort and peace, and making them feel like they are inside.

Interventions

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virtual reality

patients who include intervention gruop during the ESWL process, patients will be shown videos with virtual reality glasses, which include nature and landscapes, giving people a feeling of comfort and peace, and making them feel like they are inside.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Applying to the stone crushing unit for the first time
* Body mass index below 30
* Those aged 18-65 who are literate and have no vision or hearing problems
* Have not taken any analgesics other than the analgesic routinely administered before the procedure

Exclusion Criteria

* Untreated urinary tract infections
* Severe skeletal system malformations that prevent focusing on the stone
* Severe obesity
* Arterial aneurysm near the stone
* Patients with anatomical obstruction conditions in the distal part of the stone
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Duzce University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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meral Yıldırım Çetinkaya, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Duzce University

Central Contacts

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Zülal Kütük

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +905377737389

Email: [email protected]

meral Yıldırım Çetinkaya, PhD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +905366295020

Email: [email protected]

Other Identifiers

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Meral3

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id