The Effect of Virtual Reality Glasses on Anxiety Level and Breast Milk Amount

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Amount of Breast Milk; Anxiety
• Interventions: Other: Virtual reality glasses

• Registration Number: NCT06153628
• Lead Sponsor: Mersin University

Brief Summary

Pain, anxiety, nausea, vomiting, etc. In coping with symptoms, virtual reality glasses are recommended as a distraction application. The study was planned to examine the effect of virtual reality glasses applied to mothers whose babies were in the neonatal intensive care unit, on the level of anxiety and the amount of breast milk.

Detailed Description

Although milk is expressed early and frequently, milk volume and milk production may be lower in some mothers in the first few weeks.For this reason, pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods have been focused on to increase prolactin secretion and breast milk production in mothers with premature babies. It is emphasized that practices such as breast massage, hot application, nutrition and fluid consumption of the mother, thinking about her baby or looking at her picture, and psychological relaxation during milk expression with a pump increase the amount of milk. It is thought that the mother's stress and anxiety negatively affect the amount of breast milk in preterm births, and that methods that provide relaxation and relief will contribute to breast milk production by reducing stress and anxiety. Pain, anxiety, nausea, vomiting, etc. In coping with symptoms, virtual reality glasses are recommended as a distraction application.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-11-02
• Study First Submitted: 2023-11-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-11-29
• Study First Posted: 2023-12-01
• Primary Completion: 2024-04-10
• Study Completion: 2024-06-15
• Status Verified: 2025-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-05-06
• Last Update Posted: 2025-05-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Are between the ages of 18-45,
• Those who gave birth at a gestational age of 30 weeks or more,
• whose baby is still in intensive care,
• whose baby has started breastfeeding,
• Giving breast milk to her baby by expressing,
• Not using any medication that will affect milk supply,
• Not diagnosed with a psychiatric disease that will affect breastfeeding in the postpartum period,
• Those who have not had any breast-related surgery before,
• Understands Turkish and can communicate,
• Mothers who sign the Informed Volunteer Consent Form will be included in the research.

Exclusion Criteria

• Those who are younger than 18 years of age or older than 45 years of age,
• The gestational age is less than 30 weeks,
• whose baby was discharged from intensive care,
• whose baby has not started breastfeeding,
• Those who do not express breast milk to their babies,
• Using medication that will affect milk supply,
• Diagnosed with a psychiatric disease that will affect breastfeeding in the postpartum period,
• Have had any breast-related surgery before,
• Cannot communicate in Turkish,
• Mothers who do not sign the Informed Volunteer Consent Form will not be included in the research.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Virtual reality glasses	Virtual reality glasses	First of all, the "State Anxiety Inventory" will be applied to all women (60 women).Then, milk will be expressed from both breasts once a day (10:00) for the first 3 days and the amount of milk expressed will be recorded in the "Breast Milk Amount Tracking Form". After the first 3 days, all women will be relaxed by watching virtual reality glasses (10 minutes) once a day (10:00 in the morning) for 3 days, and the "State Anxiety Inventory" will be applied at the end of the video. Then, milk will be expressed from both breasts and recorded in the "Breast Milk Amount Tracking Form".

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
State-Anxiety Inventory	Up to 3 Months	In the Likert-type scale consisting of 20 items, the items are numbered from 1 to 4 (1 means "not at all" and 4 means "completely").The scores obtained from the scale vary between 20 and 80 and there are direct (straight) and reversed expressions in the scale.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Breast Milk Quantity Monitoring Form	Up to 3 Months	It is a form consisting of 3 parts developed by the researcher to record information about milking date, milking time and milk amount.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Mersin University; 🇹🇷 Mersin, Turkey