How does virtual reality affect patients’ experience when undergoing awake surgery?
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Patients undergoing upper limb surgery under regional or local anaesthesiaSurgery
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN93750927
- Lead Sponsor
- Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
Study population:
1. Aged older than 18 years
2. Presenting at the Royal United Hospital, Bath for upper limb surgery
3. Undergoing upper limb surgery under local or regional anaesthesia alone
1. Scheduled for elective upper limb surgery
2. Intended anaesthetic technique to be regional or local anaesthesia alone
3. Body mass index 18-40 kg/m²
4. American Society of Anaesthetists (ASA) grade I-III
Exclusion Criteria
1. Less than 18 years old
2. ASA grade IV
3. Unable to give informed consent
4. Patient refusal
5. Hearing or visually impaired
6. Inability to cooperate
7. Inability to read, speak and understand English
8. History of severe motion sickness
9. Patients scheduled to receive general anaesthesia at booking
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Patient anxiety, measured by STAI-S score before and during awake surgery at KTS, after 15 minutes following KTS and after 10 minutes in recovery
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Patient satisfaction, measured by the Bauer patient satisfaction tool via a telephone call at 48 hours after discharge<br> 2. Physiological parameters which are potential indicators of patient anxiety (heart rate and blood pressure) at KTS, 15 minutes after KTS and after 10 minutes in recovery<br>