Virtual Reality (VR) Tour to Reduce Preoperative Anxiety Before Anaesthesia

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Anxiety; Anaesthesia; Postoperative Pain

• Registration Number: NCT04579354
• Lead Sponsor: RWTH Aachen University

Brief Summary

Anxiety and apprehension are common among patients prior to surgery. This anxiety can lead to additional discomfort, increased pain sensation and increased stress symptoms. Virtual exposure has proven to be successful in exposure therapy for the treatment of the narrowest patients. Patients are not confronted with the real stimuli or situations that trigger the branches, but with virtual representations of them. Virtual reality (VR) makes it possible to create scenarios that would not be possible in reality because of the organisational, time or financial expenditure involved.The effectiveness of virtual stimulus exposure is well documented, especially in the case of object or situation-related fears in the context of specific phobias. It is therefore obvious that virtual stimulus exposure could also be suitable for minimising operation-associated fears.The research project described is designed to investigate the effect of virtual stimulus exposure on perioperative anxiety. For this purpose, a virtual tour of the operating setting has been created, which enables patients to explore the surroundings in detail by means of VR glasses.

Detailed Description

Anxiety and apprehension are common among patients prior to surgery. This anxiety can lead to additional discomfort, increased pain sensation and increased stress symptoms. Virtual exposure has proven to be successful in exposure therapy for the treatment of the narrowest patients. Patients are not confronted with the real stimuli or situations that trigger the branches, but with virtual representations of them. Virtual reality (VR) makes it possible to create scenarios that would not be possible in reality because of the organisational, time or financial expenditure involved.The effectiveness of virtual stimulus exposure is well documented, especially in the case of object or situation-related fears in the context of specific phobias. It is therefore obvious that virtual stimulus exposure could also be suitable for minimising operation-associated fears.The research project described is designed to investigate the effect of virtual stimulus exposure on perioperative anxiety. For this purpose, a virtual tour of the operating setting has been created, which enables patients to explore the surroundings in detail by means of VR glasses.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-09-07
• Study First Submitted: 2020-10-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-10-01
• Study First Posted: 2020-10-08
• Primary Completion: 2020-10-30
• Study Completion: 2021-01-01
• Status Verified: 2021-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-03-11
• Last Update Posted: 2021-03-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 84

Inclusion Criteria

• all patient undergoing anaesthesia without the following exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria

• < 18 years
• cancer surgery
• pregnancy
• postoperative setting ICU
• neurosurgery
• Thorax surgery

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
STOA State T1	before anaesthesia	Questinaire STOA State T1 before anaesthesia

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
STOA State T2	within 48 hours after anaesthesia	Questionaire STOA State T2 after anaesthesia

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

RWTH Aachen University; 🇩🇪 Aachen, NRW, Germany