Effect of virtual reality application on pain associated with chest tube removal after cardiac surgery
- Conditions
- pain associated with chest tube removal after cardiac surgery.
- Registration Number
- IRCT20190708044147N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Have Iranian nationality
Be Muslim
Satisfied to participate in the study
Age of more than 18 years and under 70 years
Have enough eyesight with or without glasses
Ability to speak Persian
Minimum reading and writing literacy
Awareness is sufficient to determine the severity and quality of the pain
Heart disease (CABG)
Have a pericardium or mediastinum tube
Have not a companion disease that affects pain assessment (delirium, dementia, severe depression)
Has not received an injectable soothing medicine from the previous 4 hours
Do not have severe visual impairment and hearing loss
Do not connect to the ventilator
The patient does not have stable hemodynamic status
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain intensity score at the Visual Analogue Scale. Timepoint: The severity of pain in the three stages (before, immediately and 15 minutes after the removal of the chest tube). Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale.;Pain quality score in McGill questionnaire. Timepoint: Before and 15 minutes after the chest tube exits. Method of measurement: McGill questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
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