Virtual Reality as a Perioperative Teaching Tool for Families

NCT05008107 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: STUDY00001402
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 114
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Commonly, families and providers have turned to internet-based resources to provide insight as to the perioperative experience. Though there is a large amount of information that is available on the internet, medical information on the internet is of highly variable quality and the information may be conflicting or inaccurate. It is hard for even the savvy well-educated patient and family to navigate and sift through all the information available. Therefore, generic web-based information does not necessarily decrease patient and caregiver anxiety. As an alternative, the investigators propose an interactive teaching tool utilizing virtual reality that may provide a cost-efficient, content-rich supplement to the traditional phone or internet-based patient education. Virtual reality (VR) will be provided to families of patients undergoing ambulatory pediatric surgery. VR will provide personalized education to patients and their families about the entire continuum of the child's surgical experience. This will range from the hospital registration, the peri-operative experience, including the separation of the child from the parent in the pre-operative area and the anesthetic induction process, and the post-operative hospital ward. The virtual reality (VR) tool will also review the in-hospital post-operative recovery process. The patient will be shown this either via an oculus headset or using their own smartphone device. In addition to improving a parent's comprehension of what their child will experience, the investigators expect that the virtual reality tool may also improve patient and caregiver satisfaction with the overall perioperative experience.

Conditions

Surgical Procedure, Unspecified; Tonsil Hypertrophy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Patient Pre-op Anxiety Score

  The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) is a commonly used measure of trait and state anxiety. All items are rated on a 4-point scale (e.g., from "Almost Never" to "Almost Always"). Higher scores indicate greater anxiety.

  Baseline

• Parent Pre-op Anxiety Score

  The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) is a commonly used measure of trait and state anxiety. All items are rated on a 4-point scale (e.g., from "Almost Never" to "Almost Always"). Higher scores indicate greater anxiety.

  Baseline

• Patient Post-op Anxiety Score

  The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) is a commonly used measure of trait and state anxiety. All items are rated on a 4-point scale (e.g., from "Almost Never" to "Almost Always"). Higher scores indicate greater anxiety.

  Immediately prior to discharge

• Parent Post-op Anxiety Score

  The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) is a commonly used measure of trait and state anxiety. All items are rated on a 4-point scale (e.g., from "Almost Never" to "Almost Always"). Higher scores indicate greater anxiety.

  Immediately prior to discharge

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Parent Satisfaction Score

  Immediately prior to discharge

Study Arms (2)

Virtual Reality

EXPERIMENTAL

Virtual reality (VR) will be provided to families of patients undergoing ambulatory pediatric surgery. VR will provide personalized education to patients and their families about the entire continuum of the child's surgical experience. This will range from the hospital registration, the peri-operative experience, including the separation of the child from the parent in the pre-operative area and the anesthetic induction process, and the post-operative hospital ward.

Other: Virtual reality

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Families will receive standard pre-operative instructions.

Interventions

Virtual reality OTHER

Using VR goggles to watch peri-operative instructional video.

Also known as: VR

Virtual Reality

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 6 Years - 12 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Children undergoing tonsillectomy/adenotonsillectomy ± ear tubes in the ambulatory setting

You may not qualify if:

• Non-English speaking (VR program is currently only offered in English)
• Inpatient
• Unable to effectively use VR (blind, severe motion sickness)
• History of procedure in the operating room within the past year
• Having a combination/additional procedure

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Nationwide Children's Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Columbus, Ohio, 43205, United States

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 26, 2021
• First Posted: August 17, 2021
• Study Start: October 22, 2021
• Primary Completion: July 27, 2023
• Study Completion: July 27, 2023
• Last Updated: February 28, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-02

Locations

US (1)