The Effect of Virtual Reality Glasses on Anxiety Level and Breast Milk Amount

NCT ID: NCT06153628

Last Updated: 2025-05-11

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-11-02
• Study Completion Date: 2024-06-15

Brief Summary

Pain, anxiety, nausea, vomiting, etc. In coping with symptoms, virtual reality glasses are recommended as a distraction application. The study was planned to examine the effect of virtual reality glasses applied to mothers whose babies were in the neonatal intensive care unit, on the level of anxiety and the amount of breast milk.

Detailed Description

Although milk is expressed early and frequently, milk volume and milk production may be lower in some mothers in the first few weeks.For this reason, pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods have been focused on to increase prolactin secretion and breast milk production in mothers with premature babies. It is emphasized that practices such as breast massage, hot application, nutrition and fluid consumption of the mother, thinking about her baby or looking at her picture, and psychological relaxation during milk expression with a pump increase the amount of milk. It is thought that the mother's stress and anxiety negatively affect the amount of breast milk in preterm births, and that methods that provide relaxation and relief will contribute to breast milk production by reducing stress and anxiety. Pain, anxiety, nausea, vomiting, etc. In coping with symptoms, virtual reality glasses are recommended as a distraction application.

Conditions

Anxiety; Amount of Breast Milk

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Virtual reality glasses

First of all, the "State Anxiety Inventory" will be applied to all women (60 women).Then, milk will be expressed from both breasts once a day (10:00) for the first 3 days and the amount of milk expressed will be recorded in the "Breast Milk Amount Tracking Form". After the first 3 days, all women will be relaxed by watching virtual reality glasses (10 minutes) once a day (10:00 in the morning) for 3 days, and the "State Anxiety Inventory" will be applied at the end of the video. Then, milk will be expressed from both breasts and recorded in the "Breast Milk Amount Tracking Form".

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Virtual reality glasses

Intervention Type: OTHER

Videos consisting of nature and undersea images will be played through virtual reality glasses, which the woman wants to watch and can change whenever she wants.

Interventions

Virtual reality glasses

Videos consisting of nature and undersea images will be played through virtual reality glasses, which the woman wants to watch and can change whenever she wants.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Are between the ages of 18-45,
• Those who gave birth at a gestational age of 30 weeks or more,
• whose baby is still in intensive care,
• whose baby has started breastfeeding,
• Giving breast milk to her baby by expressing,
• Not using any medication that will affect milk supply,
• Not diagnosed with a psychiatric disease that will affect breastfeeding in the postpartum period,
• Those who have not had any breast-related surgery before,
• Understands Turkish and can communicate,
• Mothers who sign the Informed Volunteer Consent Form will be included in the research.

Exclusion Criteria

• Those who are younger than 18 years of age or older than 45 years of age,
• The gestational age is less than 30 weeks,
• whose baby was discharged from intensive care,
• whose baby has not started breastfeeding,
• Those who do not express breast milk to their babies,
• Using medication that will affect milk supply,
• Diagnosed with a psychiatric disease that will affect breastfeeding in the postpartum period,
• Have had any breast-related surgery before,
• Cannot communicate in Turkish,
• Mothers who do not sign the Informed Volunteer Consent Form will not be included in the research.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 45 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Mersin University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Aslı EKER

Dr.Lecturer

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Mersin University

Mersin, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

References

Kent JC, Geddes DT, Hepworth AR, Hartmann PE. Effect of warm breastshields on breast milk pumping. J Hum Lact. 2011 Nov;27(4):331-8. doi: 10.1177/0890334411418628.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 22048756 (View on PubMed)

Hill PD, Aldag JC, Chatterton RT. Effects of pumping style on milk production in mothers of non-nursing preterm infants. J Hum Lact. 1999 Sep;15(3):209-16. doi: 10.1177/089033449901500310.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 10578798 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/67219/WHO_NHD_01.09.pdf

World Health Organization Report of the Expert Consultation on the Optimal Duration of Exclusive Breastfeeding. Geneva, World Health Organization 2001,

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15687461/

Gartner LM, Morton J, Lawrence RA, Naylor AJ, O'Hare D, Schanler RJ et al. American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Breastfeeding. Breastfeeding and the use of human milk. Pediatrics 2005; 115: 496-506

https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/breastfeeding-position-paper.html

American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) (2007). Breastfeeding (policy statement). In. Appendix 2: Additional Breastfeeding Considerations 2010; 13-14

https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/44864/9789241503433_eng.pdf

World Health Organization. The Global Action Report on Preterm Birth, 2012; 1-126

Other Identifiers

Mersin Üniversitesi

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id