Effect of Virtual Reality on Pain, Arterial Blood Gases and Functional Capacity in Children After Open Heart Surgery

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• Conditions: Children After Open Heart Surgery

• Registration Number: NCT06712368
• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University

Brief Summary

This study will be conducted to investigate:

* The effect of virtual reality on pain in children after open heart surgery,

* The effect of virtual reality on arterial blood gases in children after open heart surgery,

* The effect of virtual reality on functional capacity in children after open heart surgery.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-09-10
• Status Verified: 2024-11
• Study First Submitted: 2024-11-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-11-26
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-11-26
• Study First Posted: 2024-12-02
• Last Update Posted: 2024-12-02
• Primary Completion: 2025-01-10
• Study Completion: 2025-02-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• Both genders will be included.
• Their age range from 6 to 12 years.
• Children after open heart surgery ( phase I cardiac rehabilitation).

Exclusion Criteria

The children have one or more of the following will be excluded:

• Any child Suffering from any other chronic congenital diseases.
• Severe visual or auditory problems.
• Neurological problems.
• Vertigo problems.
• Post surgical hemorrhage.
• Post surgical arrhythmia.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
pain	1 hour /session 1 time / day for 5 consecutive days	Pain assessment by Wong-Baker faces scale:
arterial blood gases	1 hour /session 1 time / day for 5 consecutive days	Arterial Blood Gases Analysis to detect blood gases
functional capacity	1 hour /session 1 time / day for 5 consecutive days	The Six-Minute Walk Test (6MWT) for assessment functional capacity

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

National heart institute; 🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt