Comparison of virtual reality glasses versus intravenous injection midazolam on anxiety in patients undergoing surgery under regional anaesthesia : A randomised controlled study

Virtual reality is distraction or diversion tool which has been useful in reducing the anxiety , decreasing pain levels and improving patient’s comfort levels during intraoperative periods . Virtual reality reduces procedural anxiety by reducing patient’s attention into the computer generated world , as the virtual reality “transports” the patient from clinical settings to another “ reality”.

Aim : To Assess the comparision of virtual reality glasses versus intravenous injection midazolam on anxiety in patients undergoing surgery under regional anaesthesia.

•Study Design : Randomized controlled study.

•Study Population : Patients undergoing surgery under regional anaesthesia between 18 – 60 years of age. •Study Duration : 15 months

. •Duration of Data collection : 12 months .

•Sample Size : 52 (26 in each group)

Sampling method : Simple random sampling

•The patients will be allocated to respective groups by computer generated random sequence numbers.

•V GROUP : Patients in this group will receive the virtual reality glasses.

•M GROUP : Patient in this group will receive the midazolam (0.02 mg/kg, maximum:- 2.5 mg) intravenously and is a control group.

Anxiety score will be measured preoperatively, intraop and  after 15 min, after 30 min. after 45 min after 60 min andpostop Analysis will be done using appropriate method.