Effect of Virtual Reality Application on Pain, Anxiety and Comfort During Chest Tube Removal Procedure
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Group using virtual reality glasses.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Chest Tube Removal. Basic parameters: 18 years — 65 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Göğüs Tüpü Çıkarma İşlemi Sırasında Sanal Gerçeklik Uygulamasının Ağrı, Anksiyete ve Konfora Etkisi
Overview
Chest tubes are used to eliminate possible acute or chronic problems that may occur after trauma or surgical interventions to the chest area. This process, which aims to drain the fluid, blood or air accumulated in the pleural area, works with the support of closed underwater drainage systems. The chest tubes, which remain in place for a long time, fuse with the endothelium lying in the chest cavity. For this reason, the adhesions formed with the fusion cause very severe acute pain in the patient with the pulling force applied during removal.The high level of pain of the person will cause an increase in the level of anxiety and a decrease in the level of comfort. The anxiety experienced by the patients will also reduce the tolerance to pain.It has been observed that the use of virtual reality in the field of health significantly reduces the level of pain and anxiety during medical procedures, shortens wound healing and hospital stay, and increases compliance with treatment.In the literature, no studies were found in which the effects of virtual reality application on pain, anxiety and comfort were evaluated in patients whose chest tube was removed.Thereforee, this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of virtual reality application against all these negative situations.
Interventions
- Device Group using virtual reality glasses
Group using virtual reality glasses: During the procedure, individuals will wear glasses.
Primary outcome measures
- visual analog scale [Time frame: 5 month]
- State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Scale [Time frame: 5 month]
- comfort scale [Time frame: 5 month]
- verbal pain scale [Time frame: 5 month]
Eligibility criteria
- Study Inclusion Criteria:
- Must be between the ages of 18-65,
- Must have undergone coronary artery bypass graft surgery and have a chest tube,
- Must participate in the study voluntarily,
- Must not have vision or hearing problems,
- Must not have disorientation in place and time,
- Must not have any psychiatric disorders,
- Study Exclusion Criteria:
- Those with chronic pain and routinely using painkillers,
- Those using painkillers before the procedure,
- Those with problems such as migraine, vertigo, dizziness,
- Patients using prescription glasses and those having vision problems without glasses were not included in the study.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Double blind
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
Study locations
Turkey (Türkiye) · 1 center
- Ataturk University — Erzurum
Publications
- Secer H, Yayla A. The effects of virtual reality on pain, anxiety, and comfort during the chest tube removal procedure: A randomized clinical trial. Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2025 Feb;58:101931. doi: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2024.101931. Epub 2024 Nov 8. PMID 39541838
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06550323 · VRA15