Virtual Reality Mindfulness in Preoperative Anxious Patients
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Test Anxiety
- Sponsor
- Ospedale Regionale di Mendrisio
- Enrollment
- 100
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change from one week before surgery in anxiety on STAI score some hours before the intervention
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this interventional study is to reduce preoperative anxiety by Virtual Reality mindfulness.
Population: all adults, able to give their consent and scheduled for surgery with high preoperative anxiety defined by Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS) score > 10. The study will recruit 100 patients in one university teaching hospital.
The main question it aims to answer is: may mindfulness by Virtual Reality reduce preoperative anxiety in patients particularly anxious for the surgery? Participants will be asked to undergo to a single mindfulness virtual reality session before the surgery.
Investigators
Andrea Polito
Anesthesia Clinical Professor, Principal Investigator
Ospedale Regionale di Mendrisio
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •adults able to give their consent, scheduled for elective surgery and with high preoperative anxiety defined by Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS) \> 10
Exclusion Criteria
- •Pregnancy
- •Pacemaker wearers
- •Mental diseases
- •Alcohol or drug addiction
- •Severe hearing loss or blindness
- •Simultaneous participation to other studies
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change from one week before surgery in anxiety on STAI score some hours before the intervention
Time Frame: Up to two weeks
The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) score is a validated, self reported instrument to assessing state and trait anxiety. Possible scores range from "no or low anxiety" (20-37) to "high anxiety" (45-80). Change = (one week before - some hours before the surgery and after mindfulness in virtual reality)