Preoperative Virtual Reality for Cancer Surgery Patients: A Feasibility and Pilot Study
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Anxiety State
- Sponsor
- University of Manitoba
- Enrollment
- 23
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Self-reported impressions of the virtual reality operating room simulation
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This study will pilot test and explore the feasibility of a virtual reality simulation of the operating room environment to reduce anxiety/distress in cancer surgery patients. Study objectives are to evaluate recruitment and data collection procedures, outcome measures, participant feedback on the virtual reality operating room intervention, and the inclusion of a treatment as usual group, and effects of the intervention on symptoms of anxiety/distress. Results of this study will inform the design of an upcoming larger-scale RCT to assess the efficacy of this intervention
Investigators
Jordana Sommer
Principal Investigator
University of Manitoba
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Over the age of 18
- •Can speak and read English
- •Has a cancer diagnosis
- •Scheduled/being scheduled to undergo cancer surgery under general anesthesia at the Health Sciences Centre (Winnipeg, MB)
Exclusion Criteria
- •Those who do not meet any inclusion criteria
- •Those who are not competent to provide informed consent (e.g., due to cognitive impairment)
- •Those who are unable to participate in a virtual reality intervention (e.g., due to visual/auditory impairment)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Self-reported impressions of the virtual reality operating room simulation
Time Frame: 5 days
Patient acceptability questionnaire with open and close-ended items assessing patients' impressions of the intervention
Secondary Outcomes
- iGroup Presence Questionnaire(Immediately after the intervention)
- Preoperative Intrusive Thoughts Inventory (PITI)(Baseline and up to 2 weeks after baseline on day of scheduled surgery)
- NCCN Distress Thermometer(Baseline, up to 2 weeks after baseline on day of scheduled surgery, 5 days, and 30 days)
- NCCN Anxiety Thermometer(Baseline, up to 2 weeks after baseline on day of scheduled surgery, 5 days, and 30 days)
- Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety Information Scale (APAIS)(Baseline and up to 2 weeks after baseline on day of scheduled surgery)