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Effect of Virtual Reality Glasses Application on Surgical Fear and Anxiety

Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Virtual Reality
Surgery
Anxiety State
Fear
Interventions
Other: virtual reality glasses application
Other: classical training
Registration Number
NCT06127758
Lead Sponsor
Uskudar University
Brief Summary

Purpose and Type of Research:This study will be conducted to examine the effect of virtual reality glasses on surgical fear and anxiety in patients scheduled for cardiovascular surgery. The study is a randomized controlled experimental research.

Method:The population of the research was approximately 2900 patients who underwent cardiovascular surgery in a year at Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Education Research Hospital. The sample size of the study was calculated using the G\*Power software program.The study will be completed with 60 people by taking 30 people into the experimental and control groups.Data will be collected with a personal information form, surgical fear scale and state anxiety scale.

Hypothesis of the Research:

H1: Application of virtual reality glasses reduces surgical fear in patients planned for cardiovascular surgery.

H2: Application of virtual reality glasses reduces anxiety in patients scheduled for cardiovascular surgery.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
60
Inclusion Criteria
  • 18 years and over,
  • Those who will undergo open heart surgery,
  • Those who have not had cardiovascular surgery before,
  • No communication problems,
  • Is conscious and able to answer questions and does not have any disorder/disease that affects decision-making ability (dementia, Alzheimer's, etc.),
  • Does not have a psychiatric disease such as anxiety disorder, panic attack, depression,
  • Individuals who do not receive psychiatric treatment such as antipsychotics/anxiolytics will be included in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Being under the age of 18,
  • Not having open heart surgery,
  • Those who have previously undergone cardiovascular surgery,
  • Having communication problems,
  • Those who are unconscious and unable to answer questions Having any disorder/disease that affects decision-making ability (dementia, Alzheimer's, etc.),
  • Having a psychiatric disease such as anxiety disorder, panic attack, depression,
  • Individuals receiving psychiatric treatment such as antipsychotic/anxiolytic will not be included in the study.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
VRGvirtual reality glasses application-
VRGclassical training-
control groupclassical training-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Personal Information Formfor 1 day

The form prepared by the researchers contains a total of 8 questions containing the patients' introductory information.

surgical fear scalefor 1 day

There are 8 questions in the scale. The scale is an 11-point Likert type scale with a score between 0 and 10. The scale included two subscales related to the source of fear, each consisting of 4 items. While items 1 to 4 on the scale measure the fear of the short-term consequences of surgery, items 5 to 8 measure the fear of the long-term consequences of surgery (0: not at all afraid, 10: very afraid). An increase in the score indicates an increase in fear.

state anxiety scalefor 1 day

It consists of a total of 40 items and is scored from 1 to 4. Scale items are evaluated using the "Likert type" scaling method as "1 = not at all", "2 = a little", "3 = a lot", "4 = completely". A high score on the scale indicates a high level of anxiety; A low score indicates a low level of anxiety. In the validity and reliability study of the scale, the alpha value was found to be 0.91.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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