The Effect of Playing the Sound of Water and Watching Videos With VR on Urination, Fear, and Pain in Post-Op Children

NCT ID: NCT07304583

Last Updated: 2025-12-26

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 1 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-11-01
• Study Completion Date: 2026-01-30

Brief Summary

It was aimed to investigate the effects of watching a video with water sound via virtual reality and listening to the sound of water through headphones on urination, fear and pain in children in the post-operative period.

Detailed Description

Urinary retention is the inability to urinate despite a full bladder and is a common complication of surgery and anesthesia. Excessive urinary pressure and bladder distension are emergencies that can lead to kidney damage or dysfunction. Various methods are used to prevent urinary retention, including imitating the sound of running water, massaging the bladder, taking a warm bath, and perineal water flow. A literature review found no studies examining the effect of the sound of running water on pain, but found studies on other distraction methods used during painful procedures in children. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effects of watching a quiet video and listening to the sound of water in a virtual reality setting on urination, fear, and pain in the postoperative period.

Conditions

Urinary Retention Postoperative

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: SEQUENTIAL
• Primary Study Purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Control group

A group that will not receive any intervention and will be observed. After surgery, children are told not to hold their urine and are observed. 35 children are evaluated.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Experimental group-1 (listening to water sound)

The group that will listen to the sound of water. After the surgery, children are made to listen to the sound of water and their urination times, fear and pain levels are evaluated. 35 children are evaluated.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Listening to the sound of water

Intervention Type: OTHER

Urination status will be examined by listening to the sound of water or watching a video with water sound through VR glasses.

Experimental group-2 (watching videos with VR glasses)

The group will watch a video with the sound of water using virtual reality. After the surgery, children are shown a video with the sound of water using VR glasses to assess their urination, pain, and fear. 35 children are evaluated.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Listening to the sound of water

Intervention Type: OTHER

Urination status will be examined by listening to the sound of water or watching a video with water sound through VR glasses.

Interventions

Listening to the sound of water

Urination status will be examined by listening to the sound of water or watching a video with water sound through VR glasses.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

Watching videos with mute sound using VR glasses

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Volunteering to participate in the study
• Being within the specified age range

Exclusion Criteria

• Not volunteering to participate in the study
• Not being within the specified age range

• Minimum Eligible Age: 7 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 12 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Ondokuz Mayıs University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Esma PEKER

graduate student

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Esra Tural Büyük

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Ondokuz Mayıs Universty

Locations

Ondokuz Mayıs Universty

Samsun, Atakum, Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

EPEKER

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id