Virtual Reality to Reduce Anxiety in Ambulatory Surgical Operations (VRSurg)
A Portable Virtual Reality System as an Alternative Medical Treatment to Reduce Anxiety in Ambulatory Surgical Operations: a Randomized Controlled Study
Background. Preoperative anxiety is a common problem for patients who undergo surgical operations, being often associated with a number of negative behaviours during and after the surgical experience. Since drug treatments alone have frequently proved to be inadequate to reduce stress and anxiety in surgical contexts, in the last decades there has been an increased interest in non invasive complementary and alternative medical therapies (CAM), including music, relaxation, guided imagery, hypnosis, etc. that reduce pain and tension during pre and post operative phases. Virtual reality can be considered an innovative form of e-health-based CAM therapy having gained recognition as a means of attenuating pain during medical procedures. VR reduces distress and pain perception by providing a particularly intense form of immersive distraction that taxes the patient's limited attention capacity, resulting in the withdrawal of attention from the real, noxious, external stimulus with a subsequent reduction in pain and stress.
Objective. The aim of this study is to test the efficacy of a small, portable and immersive virtual reality system to reduce anxiety in a sample of patients who underwent ambulatory surgical operations under local or regional anaesthesia.
Studieoversigt
Status
Betingelser
Intervention / Behandling
Undersøgelsestype
Fase
- Ikke anvendelig
Kontakter og lokationer
Studiesteder
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Mexico City, Mexico
- Regional Hospital No. 25 of the IMSS
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Deltagelseskriterier
Berettigelseskriterier
Aldre berettiget til at studere
Tager imod sunde frivillige
Køn, der er berettiget til at studere
Beskrivelse
Inclusion Criteria:
- all patients who undergo ambulatory surgical operations and sign informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- death or blind patients
Studieplan
Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?
Design detaljer
- Primært formål: Støttende pleje
- Tildeling: Randomiseret
- Interventionel model: Faktoriel opgave
- Maskning: Ingen (Åben etiket)
Våben og indgreb
Deltagergruppe / Arm |
Intervention / Behandling |
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Eksperimentel: 1
Virtual reality exposure to a relaxing virtual environment.
The virtual experience will be provided using immersive equipment.
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The Green Valley, a non interactive, relaxing environment showing a mountain landscape around a calm lake is presented to the patient together with the relaxing music and soft sounds (birds' songs, the water flowing, etc). Having the impression of walking around the lake, patients can observe the nature and virtually seat on a comfortable deck chair, in order to become easily relaxed. Patients were exposed to the virtual environment for the entire length of the operation. |
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Eksperimentel: 2
Exposure to relaxing music.
The music will be selected between classical music tunes.
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A relaxing music and nature sounds have been used to provide a calm atmosphere and reduce stress.
In the Music group it was provided to the patients through earphones with no visual stimulation.
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Hvad måler undersøgelsen?
Primære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Psychological measure of anxiety (VAS-A)
Tidsramme: One day before operation; one hour after operation; one week after operation
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Change from baseline in the level of anxiety
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One day before operation; one hour after operation; one week after operation
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Sekundære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Physiological parameter (heart rate)
Tidsramme: One day before operation; one hour after operation; one week after operation
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Change from baseline in the heart rate
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One day before operation; one hour after operation; one week after operation
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Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere
Sponsor
Efterforskere
- Studieleder: Giuseppe Riva, PHD, Istituto Auxologico Italiano
Datoer for undersøgelser
Studer store datoer
Studiestart
Primær færdiggørelse (Faktiske)
Studieafslutning (Faktiske)
Datoer for studieregistrering
Først indsendt
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
Først opslået (Skøn)
Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler
Sidste opdatering sendt (Skøn)
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
Sidst verificeret
Mere information
Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse
Nøgleord
Yderligere relevante MeSH-vilkår
Andre undersøgelses-id-numre
- VR01
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