Before Colonoscopy Effect of Virtual Reality Application on Anxiety and Vital Signs

NCT ID: NCT06407531

Last Updated: 2024-07-05

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 70 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-11-21
• Study Completion Date: 2024-07-01

Brief Summary

This study was planned to examine the effect of virtual reality application on the patient's anxiety and vital signs before colonoscopy. The hypotheses of the research are as follows:

H1: Virtual reality application before colonoscopy has an effect on patients' anxiety and vital signs.

H0: Virtual reality application before colonoscopy has no effect on patients' anxiety and vital signs.

Before colonoscopy, patients in the study group will be asked to watch videos using virtual reality glasses.

Detailed Description

After obtaining the ethics committee and institutional permission for the research, the researcher was taken to the hospital for the colonoscopy procedure.

He/she will introduce himself/herself to the patients and explain the purpose of the research. Patients who volunteered to participate in the study Informed consent will be obtained. Data regarding the socio-demographic characteristics of the patients included in the patient introduction form The patient will be interviewed face to face, and data regarding the patients' clinical characteristics will be recorded from the patient file. colonoscopy Data will begin to be collected from the first patient to undergo the procedure. Anxiety and life assessment with VAS 30 minutes before the procedure The findings will be considered. According to the randomization, the patient in the virtual reality glasses group was first asked by the researcher.

It will be explained to the patient that he will wear the glasses for 30 minutes and watch a video before the procedure. By researcher 30 When the minute is up, the patient will be informed and asked to remove the glasses. No intervention was made to the patient in the control group.

It will not be done. Anxiety and vital signs were measured with VAS 5-10 minutes before the procedure began in all patient groups.

will be looked into. After each patient use, the virtual reality glasses will be cleaned and dried with alcohol-based cleaning material.

Conditions

Colonoscopy

Study Design

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

Study Groups

VR-G

The patient will wear virtual glasses and watch a video 30 minutes before the procedure.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

VR-G

Intervention Type: OTHER

Patients watched videos with virtual glasses before undergoing colonoscopy

Control

No intervention will be performed on control group patients and the standard care protocol of the clinic will be applied.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

VR-G

Patients watched videos with virtual glasses before undergoing colonoscopy

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Volunteering to participate in the research,
• Being literate,
• Be 18 years or older.

Exclusion Criteria

• Performing colonoscopy at the same time as endoscopy,
• Using any analgesic or anxiolytic,
• Having a visual or hearing impairment,
• Performing an emergency colonoscopy.

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

Sponsors

Akdeniz University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Seda Cansu Yeniğün

Lecturer Dr.

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Finike State Hospital

Antalya, Finike, Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

VRG208

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id