Virtual Reality Glasses in Palliative Care

NCT ID: NCT06156540

Last Updated: 2023-12-26

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 44 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-06-15
• Study Completion Date: 2023-10-15

Brief Summary

Developments in medicine and technology have led to an increase in life expectancy and an increase in the need for palliative care. palliative Care aims to reduce or eliminate a life-threatening situation. The palliative care team cares for the patient and provides informal support to the patient. It should provide care that centers on caregivers (patient's relatives). Relatives of patients who provide palliative care are responsible for their care As it increases, problems such as fatigue, hopelessness and anger may occur. Problems experienced by caregivers of patients Eliminating this problem and integrating it into care by providing psychosocial support is essential for the quality of care. caregivers Health technologies can be used to support In our research, we found that virtual reality glasses were used in palliative care clinics. It is aimed to investigate the effect of patient relatives who care for inpatients on the psychological well-being and care burden. A randomized controlled research design was used in the study. The population of the research is a country in Turkey between June and October 2023. The study consisted of patient relatives who provide care to patients in the palliative care clinic of the public hospital in the province. To research Relatives of patients who met the participation criteria and agreed to participate (control group, n=22; experimental group, n=22) constituted the sample. Data were collected from "Caregiver Introduction Form", "Psychological Well-Being Scale", "Caregiving Burden Scale" and "Virtual Reality Glasses". It was collected using the "Satisfaction Form". Before starting the research, a preliminary study was conducted with four patient relatives. of research In the implementation, firstly the preliminary application of the data collection tools was made. Then, the experimental group was given weekly Videos containing 360-degree images were watched using virtual reality glasses for 30 minutes for three days. In the control group No intervention was made. At the end of the research, the final application of the data collection tools was made. From research The data obtained was analyzed with the SPSS 22.0 package program.

Conditions

Virtual Reality

Keywords

Virtual reality; Nursing; Palliative care

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Control group

No intervention was made to the control group. The posttest was administered four weeks after the pretest.As a result, caregivers' care burden and psychological well-being will be measured.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Virtual Reality Group

A pretest was administered to the experimental group. Then, 360-degree VR videos (nature walks, trips, etc.) were watched three days a week for four weeks. Then, the final test was administered.As a result, caregivers' care burden and psychological well-being will be measured.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

virtual reality glasses

Intervention Type: OTHER

Using virtual reality glasses, caregivers in the experimental group were shown 360-degree VR relaxing videos.

Interventions

virtual reality glasses

Using virtual reality glasses, caregivers in the experimental group were shown 360-degree VR relaxing videos.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Volunteering to participate in the research,
• No vision, hearing or perception impairment that prevents communication,
• Not using glasses to wear VR glasses,
• No psychiatric disease,
• Absence of complaints such as migraine, vertigo, active nausea, vomiting, headache,
• Not having someone to help you care for your patient.

Exclusion Criteria

• Wanting to leave the research.

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Health Institutes of Turkey

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Necmettin Erbakan University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Yadigar Ordu

Doctor Lecturer

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Necmettin Erbakan University

Konya, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

References

Ordu Y, Yilmaz S. The effect of using virtual reality goggles on psychological well-being and care burden of informal caregivers of patients hospitalized in a palliative care clinic. Eur J Oncol Nurs. 2024 Dec;73:102711. doi: 10.1016/j.ejon.2024.102711. Epub 2024 Oct 9.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 39406181 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

TUSEB

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id