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

Examining the Effect of Virtual Reality Application on Patient's Anxiety and Vital Signs Before Colonoscopy: A Randomized Controlled Study

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Colonoscopy
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: VR-G

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.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 70
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Seda Cansu Yeniğün, PhD; Phone Number: 05077286208; Email: seda.cansu.yenigun@gmail.com
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Seher Ünver, PhD; Phone Number: 0 (505) 500 72 17‬; Email: seherunver@trakya.edu.tr

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Finike
    • Antalya, Finike, Turkey, 07740
      • Recruiting
      • Finike State Hospital
      • Contact: Yüksel Kurt, Doktor; Phone Number: (0242) 855 20 00; Email: finikedevlethastanesi@hs01.kep.tr
      • Principal Investigator: Seda Cansu Yeniğün, PhD
      • Principal Investigator: Seher Ünver, PhD
      • Principal Investigator: Hatice Merve Alptekin, PhD

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

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.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: VR-G; The patient will wear virtual glasses and watch a video 30 minutes before the procedure.	Other: VR-G; Patients watched videos with virtual glasses before undergoing colonoscopy
No Intervention: Control; No intervention will be performed on control group patients and the standard care protocol of the clinic will be applied.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Anxiety (Visual Analog Scale-Anxiety)	Patients' anxiety will be evaluated (0-10 point). Grading is made with a 10 cm long horizontal or vertical ruler on the scale and "0" means no anxiety and "10" means the most severe anxiety. In the application, the patient was asked to mark the intensity of pain he felt on the ruler and the value was measured and recorded.	30 minutes before colonoscopy
Anxiety (Visual Analog Scale-Anxiety)	Patients' anxiety will be evaluated (0-10 point). Grading is made with a 10 cm long horizontal or vertical ruler on the scale and "0" means no anxiety and "10" means the most severe anxiety. In the application, the patient was asked to mark the intensity of pain he felt on the ruler and the value was measured and recorded.	5-10 minutes before colonoscopy
Systolic blood pressure	In the measurement of vital signs of individuals, devices that measure digital blood pressure will be used by applying the necessary hygiene rules at patient transitions.	30 minutes before colonoscopy
Systolic blood pressure	In the measurement of vital signs of individuals, devices that measure digital blood pressure will be used by applying the necessary hygiene rules at patient transitions.	5-10 minutes before colonoscopy
Diastolic blood pressure	In the measurement of vital signs of individuals, devices that measure digital blood pressure will be used by applying the necessary hygiene rules at patient transitions.	30 minutes before colonoscopy
Diastolic blood pressure	In the measurement of vital signs of individuals, devices that measure digital blood pressure will be used by applying the necessary hygiene rules at patient transitions.	5-10 minutes before colonoscopy
Heart rate	In the measurement of vital signs of individuals, devices that measure digital pulse will be used by applying the necessary hygiene rules at patient transitions.	5-10 minutes before colonoscopy
Heart rate	In the measurement of vital signs of individuals, devices that measure digital pulse will be used by applying the necessary hygiene rules at patient transitions.	30 minutes before colonoscopy

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Akdeniz University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 21, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): May 30, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 30, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 3, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 6, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): May 9, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 13, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 10, 2024
• Last Verified: May 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: colonoscopy; virtual reality glasses; surgical nursing
• Other Study ID Numbers: VRG208

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No