The Effect of Virtual Reality on Pain and Anxiety During Blood Collection in Adults

NCT05366556 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2022/009
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 76
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

In hospitals, venous blood sampling as the first step in diagnosis and planning of medical treatment is among the most basic and common procedures all over the world. Before the diagnosis and treatment of acute or chronic health problems, venous blood is requested from the doctors and the blood sample is collected by the nurses. Patients experience anxiety for reasons such as the fear of experiencing pain during the blood donation process, fear of seeing blood, and fear that blood-borne diseases will pass. Studies in the literature have generally evaluated the effects on pain and fear by using virtual reality with different techniques in pediatric patients during blood collection, and the relevant research has been reached in adult patients. The aim of this research is to determine the effect of virtual reality on pain and anxiety during blood collection of patients who applied to the blood collection unit of a university hospital.

Conditions

Adult; Virtual Reality; Anxiety; Pain

Keywords

Adults; Virtual Reality; Anxiety; Pain

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• State Anxiety Scale mean score

  State Anxiety Scale mean scores of adult patients in the intervention and control groups will be compared before and after the intervention. A minimum of 20 and a maximum of 80 points can be obtained from the scale. If the scale score approaches 80, it indicates high anxiety.

  10 minute

• Visual Analog Scale mean score

  Mean Visual Analog Scale scores for adult patients of the intervention and control groups will be compared at the time of intervention.The minimum score to be taken from the scale is zero, the maximum score is 10. It shows that the severity of pain increases as the Visual Analog Scale score approaches 10 during blood collection.

  2 minute (during the process)

Study Arms (2)

Experimental group

EXPERIMENTAL

Patients in the experimental group will be informed about the using virtual reality glasses during the taking blood. During this process, their anxiety and pain will be assesed. Patients in the study group will be evaluated 2 times, before the intervention and after the intervention, through data collection tools.

Behavioral: Virtual reality

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

The control group will receive standard procedure without any intervention

Interventions

Virtual reality BEHAVIORAL

The patient, whose blood will be drawn, will be asked to wear virtual reality glasses after sitting in the blood collection chair. One minute before the start of the blood collection process, "Nature Hiking" will be watched from the virtual reality. Meanwhile, the researcher will complete the preparations for blood collection and will start the blood collection process. It is thought that the blood collection process takes 2-3 minutes on average. During this period, virtual reality will be applied. While blood is being drawn from the patient, the researcher will assess the patient's level of pain with the VAS during the procedure. After the blood draw is completed, the virtual reality glasses will be removed. Then, the patient will be taken to the waiting area and the state anxiety scale will be applied.

Experimental group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Voluntarily agreed to participate in the research.
• Being 18 years or older
• Being able to read and write Turkish
• No vision and hearing problems
• Not using glasses
• Absence of any psychiatric, cognitive or neurological disease

You may not qualify if:

• Patients with visual or hearing impairment
• Patients whose blood cannot be drawn in once

Sponsors & Collaborators

• KTO Karatay University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Necmettin Erbakan University Medical Faculty Hospital

Konya, 42020, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Anxiety Disorders; Pain

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mental Disorders; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Serap SAYAR, PhD

  KTO Karatay University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Magbul Ahmet Çoban, MScN student

  Necmettin Erbakan University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: Single Blinded
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor, PhD

Model Details: The adult patients will be divided into two as the experimental and control group. Patients in the experimental group will be informed about the using virtual reality glasses during the taking blood. During this process, their anxiety and pain will be assesed. Patients in the study group will be evaluated 2 times, before the intervention and after the intervention, through data collection tools.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 29, 2022
• First Posted: May 9, 2022
• Study Start: March 10, 2022
• Primary Completion: September 12, 2022
• Study Completion: September 12, 2022
• Last Updated: November 27, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)