VR Education in Arterial Hypertension

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Arterial Hypertension
• Interventions: Behavioral: Physician based education; Behavioral: VR based education

• Registration Number: NCT05735808
• Lead Sponsor: Poliklinika Agel, Dopravni zdravotnictvi a.s.

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to compare standard education with VR augmented education in patients with arterial hypertension

Detailed Description

To demonstrate the technical and organizational feasibility of patient education about arterial hypertension in virtual reality. Demonstrate the non-inferiority of education conducted in virtual reality to traditional face-to-face education by a physician. To define the cost-effectiveness of education in virtual reality in the reality of progressing shortage of human resources.

Patients diagnosed with arterial hypertension as part of a routine examination in an internal medicine outpatient clinic will be randomized to education about the disease directly by a physician in one arm or using a 3D movie in VR glasses filmed by a physician in an identical outpatient clinic setting. It will be concluded by questionnaire method to compare the outcome of both education namely subjective satisfaction and objectively by using questions to evaluate the success of the education.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-01-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-02-17
• Study First Posted: 2023-02-21
• Status Verified: 2023-07
• Study Start: 2023-07-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-07-07
• Last Update Posted: 2023-07-10
• Primary Completion: 2023-12-31
• Study Completion: 2024-06-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• all consecutive patients with arterial hypertension

Exclusion Criteria

• visual impairment

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Standart physicain based education	Physician based education	In this arm, patient education will be conducted by the physician as the gold standard.
VR based education	VR based education	In this arm, patient education will be performed using 3D educational material presented in VR glasses.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Non-Inferiority of VR augmented education: physician assessment of objective patient understanding	18 months	After the education, the patient will answer a prepared list of questions on arterial hypertension whose answers were mentioned in the previous education and the percentage of correct/wrong answers will be compared in both arms of the study.
Non-Inferiority of VR augmented education:subjective evaluation of education by the patient	18 months	After the education, the patient will rate how he/she subjectively perceived the subjective pleasantness of the education on a scale of 1 to 5 ( 1 best/ 5 worst).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Poliklinika Agel; 🇨🇿 Ostrava, Czechia