The Effect of Virtual Tour Training Before Orthopedic Surgery

The Effect of Training on Surgical Environments Provided With Virtual Tour Before Orthopedic Surgical Intervention on Patients' Anxiety and Satisfaction Level

The purpose of the study is to determine the effect of training on surgical environments provided with virtual tour before orthopedic surgical ıntervention on patients' anxiety and satisfaction level.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Anxiety; Satisfaction
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Virtual Tour; Other: No Interventions

Detailed Description

Although preoperative anxiety is accepted as a normal patient response, severe anxiety can lead to a number of negative physiological, emotional and cognitive consequences for patients and ultimately to prolonged hospitalization. If anxiety is not managed effectively in the preoperative period, recovery time is prolonged and the risk of anesthesia and surgery-related complications increases. Moreover, it can lead to respiratory distress and cardiac problems. It causes life threats by increasing the risk of bleeding with deterioration in hemodynamic parameters and negatively affects surgical outcomes and patient satisfaction. For all these reasons, this study was designed to contribute to the management of anxiety, which is seen as a problem that needs to be addressed in surgical nursing.

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

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey (Türkiye)
  • Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)
    • Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Institute of Graduate Studies

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Between the ages of 18-65
• Being literate
• No comprehension and perception problems
• No hearing and vision problems
• Not being under psychiatric treatment
• No surgical experience
• To undergo elective orthopedic surgery in the operating room
• Acceptance to participate in the research

Exclusion Criteria:

• To undergo emergency orthopedic surgery
• Wishing to leave at any stage of the study

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Other: Intervention group; The intervention group will be trained by the researcher with a virtual tour material about surgical environments via a tablet computer.	Other: Virtual Tour; The intervention group will be trained by the researcher with a virtual tour material about surgical environments via a tablet computer.
Other: Control group; The control group will not receive any intervention other than verbal training in the routine of the organization.	Other: No Interventions; The control group will not receive any intervention other than verbal training in the routine of the organization.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI): Pre-test and post-test differences of anxiety levels	The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) is accepted as the the gold standard to determine the level of anxiety. The validity and reliability of the STAI in Turkey was conducted by Oner and Le Compte. The STAI can be administered to individuals over the age of 14 and there is no time limit for answering. It includes two separate scales of twenty items each (ie, the State Anxiety Scale (STAI-S) and the Trait Anxiety Scale (STAI-T). STAI-S and STAI-T scores are calculated separately. The total score obtained from the scales varies between 20 and 80, and a high score indicates a high level of anxiety.	From immediately before preoperative training to immediately after preoperative training (on the day before surgery).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for Satisfaction: Pre-test and post-test differences of satisfaction levels	The satisfaction form, created by the researcher using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), includes a scale for patients to rate their satisfaction. Scoring is between 0 and 10 points (0 to 10 inclusive). A high score indicates a high level of satisfaction.	From immediately before preoperative training to immediately after preoperative training (on the day before surgery).

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Seda Baydemir, PhD-candidate, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Institute of Graduate Studies

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 12, 2025
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 12, 2025
• Study Completion (Actual): October 12, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 12, 2025
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 12, 2025
• First Posted (Actual): April 20, 2025

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): November 18, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 16, 2025
• Last Verified: April 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Anxiety; Satisfaction; Virtual Reality; Orthopedic Surgical Procedures
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Behavior; Anxiety Disorders; Personal Satisfaction
• Other Study ID Numbers: IUC-SN-SB-01

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

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