Stress Reduction Using Video Googles on Patients Undergoing Vascular Surgery

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Recruiting

• Conditions: Carotid Artery Diseases; Regional Anesthesia; Distress, Procedural

• Registration Number: NCT06704230
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital Augsburg

Brief Summary

One treatment option of internal carotid artery stenosis is open surgical endarterectomy. The operation is frequently carried out under regional plexus anesthesia, allowing the patient to remain awake during the procedure. This approach offers the advantage of monitoring for neurological changes during carotid artery clamping, allowing the surgical team to immediately respond by placing a shunt to ensure cerebral perfusion. As a result, performing surgery under regional anesthesia provides therefor a benefit. However, for patients, the procedure, which can last up to two hours or longer in some cases, may pose a significant burden. The fixed position, inability to move, sterile drapes over the face, manipulation by the surgical team, and anxiety about potential complications are just a few of the factors that may distress patients during the operation. Increased sweating and reports of substantial subjective distress are not uncommon if the procedure is performed under local anesthesia.

In many medical fields, devices and therapies are now being utilized to reduce patient stress in the perioperative setting. In procedures performed under local or regional anesthesia, such as in orthopedics or dentistry, efforts are being made to make operations more tolerable and less stressful for patients. For example, music and video goggles are employed to entertain and distract patients during the intervention. Newer approaches using video googles appear in more and more fields to reduce distress. Especially in vascular surgery and particularly in carotid surgery, the use of audiovisual distraction during the procedure has not been implemented to our knowledge, and its benefits remain undocumented. Because of the special setting and burden for the patients it is highly necessary to test these devices in carotid surgery and explore potential benefits for these patients.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-09-09
• Study First Submitted: 2024-09-25
• Status Verified: 2024-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-11-22
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-11-22
• Study First Posted: 2024-11-26
• Last Update Posted: 2024-11-26
• Primary Completion: 2025-03
• Study Completion: 2025-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

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

Inclusion Criteria

• Planed carotid endarterectomy in local anesthesia

Exclusion Criteria

• patients which are not able to communicate because of stroke or language barrier,
• Dementia or neurological damage which impairs answering questionnaires or the understanding of the situation during surgery
• medication with steroids

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Bloodserum cortisol levels	Cortisol levels are measured six times the day the procedure is performed. Starting at 6:30am, Arraiving at the OR, dermal incision, clamping the carotid artery, dermal suture, one hour after leaving the OR	cortisol levels in the blood are measured on six specific times in the perioperative setting
Heartrate	The heartrate is measured six times the day the procedure is performed. Starting at 6:30am, arraiving at the OR, dermal incision, clamping the carotid artery, dermal suture, one hour after leaving the OR	The heart rate is measured on six specific times in the perioperative setting
short questionnaire on current stress	The questionnaire is asked six times the day the procedure is performed. Starting at 6:30am, arraiving at the OR, dermal incision, clamping the carotid artery, dermal suture, one hour after leaving the OR	The short questionnaire on current stress; is measured on six specific times in the perioperative setting.; It is a validated score to measure actual stress, there are 6 items, with 6 a scale one to six.; The minimal score is 6 (low distress) and 36 (high distress)
Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS)	RASS is measured six times the day the procedure is performed.Starting at 6:30am, arraiving at the OR, dermal incision, clamping the carotid artery, dermal suture, one hour after leaving the OR	TheRichmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS) is measured on six specific times in the perioperative setting.; It is a score typically used in anesthesia to measure agitation and sedation. The scale is from +4 (aggressive) over 0 (awake and calm) to -5 (deeply sleeping, not awakable)
Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)	One Day. Day before surgery	This questionnaire ist is used to measure general and anxiety related to the current situation (upcoming surgery) Used are two questionnaires with 20 items each, after recoding the answers there is a numeric value for each questionnaire. High values suggest a high feeling of fear, low values, a low feeling of fear.
Satisfaction (patient, surgeon, anesthesia)	One day. After surgery, within the next 24 hours	After completing the surgery, all participation parties (patient, surgery and anesthesia) are asked to rate the surgery regarding to calmness of the patient, pain and distress. A numeric rating scale (0-10) is used.
Next time again?	One day. After surgery, within the next 24 hours	Patients in the interventional group are asked, if the would like to use the video googles again in case of an other surgery
pain, distress, nervousness, fear	Questions are asked six times the day the procedure is performed.Starting at 6:30am, arraiving at the OR, dermal incision, clamping the carotid artery, dermal suture, one hour after leaving the OR	patients are asked if the feel one of the above (using no \[1\] - rather no \[2\] - not sure \[3\] - rather yes \[4\] - yes\[5\]) six specific times in the perioperative setting. For each quality (pain, distress, nervousness, fear) there is measured an individual value

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Universitätsklinikum Augsburg; 🇩🇪 Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany