The Effect of the Operating Room Environment on Patients Experienced With Virtual Reality Glasses Before Surgery

NCT ID: NCT06666465

Last Updated: 2025-03-24

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-08-15
• Study Completion Date: 2025-12-20

Brief Summary

This study was planned as a randomized controlled experimental study with a pretest-posttest design to examine the effect of the operating room environment experience of preoperative patients using virtual reality glasses on the patients' preoperative surgical fear level and care perceptions.

Detailed Description

Today, virtual reality is used in many areas such as medical diagnosis and treatment by reflecting three-dimensional images animated on the computer as if it were a real experience. Procedural pain, facilitating interventional procedures with a game-based video demonstration in children, and outpatient surgeries such as circumcision surgery can be used to provide patients with this "real world" experience, its use has also become widespread in areas such as wound care and in nursing education due to the increase in malpractice cases . In line with patient experiences, the benefits of virtual reality technology have been documented in the literature and its use in nursing care is increasing . Informing the patient to improve the quality of care, managing pain during painful interventional procedures, and reducing surgery-related fear reduces wound healing and hospital stay, especially in surgical patients . In the literature, patients' pre-operative problems such as lack of knowledge about the surgery, operating room environment, surgical procedures, etc. It is reported that they experience anxiety and fear related to many factors. It also emphasizes the importance of informing the patient before surgery within the scope of Enhance Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) procedures (Joshi & Kehlet, 2019). In line with ERAS protocols, preoperative education and information have been proven to provide positive postoperative recovery. Informing the patient about the operating room environment is the most important element in accelerating surgical recovery. The operating room environment can be seen as a stress factor for patients. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to examine the effect of informing patients about the operating room environment, supported by visuals, on the patient's fear and perceptions of care. In addition, it is thought that this information and experience will affect the patient's vital signs and that the patient's need for premedication will also change. It is thought that the results of this study will positively affect patient outcomes by improving the quality of patient care.

Conditions

Clinical Practice; Virtual Reality; Nursing Care; Simulation

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Operating Room Environment Experienced by Patients

This study was planned as a randomized controlled experimental study in the pre-test post-test design in order to examine the effect of the operating room environment experience of patients using virtual reality glasses before surgery on the level of surgical fear experienced by patients before surgery and their perception of care.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Operating Room Environment Experienced by Patients Wearing Virtual Reality Glasses Before Surgery The Effect of Surgery Experience on Surgical Fear Level and Care Perceptions

Intervention Type: OTHER

The video, which will be shot for patients to experience the operating environment, will include premedication, an operating room and a post-operative care unit. In the video, the operating room environment will be recorded by the researcher with a voice introduction. The image was shot with a 360-degree camera (Insta 360 One X2), edited with an application program (Insta 360 Studio) and then uploaded to the YouTube VR Pro application as a secret video. The video will be shown to the glasses via an Android phone on the internet via YouTube. People wearing glasses at the screening will be able to look in any direction they want thanks to the 360-degree video. They will be able to watch the video again if they want.

Interventions

Operating Room Environment Experienced by Patients Wearing Virtual Reality Glasses Before Surgery The Effect of Surgery Experience on Surgical Fear Level and Care Perceptions

The video, which will be shot for patients to experience the operating environment, will include premedication, an operating room and a post-operative care unit. In the video, the operating room environment will be recorded by the researcher with a voice introduction. The image was shot with a 360-degree camera (Insta 360 One X2), edited with an application program (Insta 360 Studio) and then uploaded to the YouTube VR Pro application as a secret video. The video will be shown to the glasses via an Android phone on the internet via YouTube. People wearing glasses at the screening will be able to look in any direction they want thanks to the 360-degree video. They will be able to watch the video again if they want.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Being 18 years or older
• Agreeing to participate in the research
• Having elective cholecystectomy surgery
• Knowledge of Turkish and no communication barriers
• Having surgery for the first time and not having seen the operating room environment

Exclusion Criteria

• Being 18 years of age or younger
• Refusal to participate in the research
• Having undergone surgery and having seen the operating room environment before Not knowing Turkish and having any communication barrier

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

İmren Erer

Msc

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Emine Parlak, 2

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

Locations

İmren Erer

İnönü, Eskişehir, Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Central Contacts

İmren Erer

Role: CONTACT

mavilik_olsun@hotmail.com

05462612180

Facility Contacts

İmren Erer

Role: primary

mavilik_olsun@hotmail.com

05462612180

emine arıcı parlak

Role: backup

emine.ariciparlak@sbu.edu.tr

05073578357

References

Addab, S., Hamdy, R., & Thorstad, K. (2022). Use of Virtual Reality in Managing Pediatric Prosedural Pain and Anxiety: an Integrative Literature Review. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 31(21-22), s. 3032-3059. Ahern, M., Dean, L., Stoddard, C., Agrawai, A., Kim, K., Cook, C., & Garcia, A. (2020). The Effectviveness of Virtual Reality in Patients with Spinal Pain: Systematic Review and Meta- Analysis. Pain Practice, 20(6), s. 656-675. Baytar, Ç., & Bollucuoğlu, K. (2021). Effect of Virtual Reality on Preoperative Anxiety Inpatients Undergoing septorhinoplasty. Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology, 1(744276), s. 1-6. Bağdigen Kaya, M., & Karaman Özlü, Z. (2019). Elektif Cerrahi Bekleyen Hastalarda Cerrahi Korkunun Sosyal Destek Algısı ile İlişkisinin Belirlenmesi. Anadolu Hemşirelik ve Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, 22(4), s. 281-290.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

Other Identifiers

ierer

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id