Evaluating Healthcare Professionals' Satisfaction and Stress Mitigation Using Virtual Reality Intervention in Surgical Ward

NCT07155681 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 2025.0425
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 75
• Locations: 2 countries
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

The goal of this feasibility study is to learn whether a VR intervention is feasible, acceptable, and satisfactory for healthcare workers in surgical wards to help mitigate stress. Secondary objectives include assessing its potential contribution to stress reduction, user comfort, and practical integration into daily workflows. Participants will take part in a single 10-minute VR intervention session.

Conditions

Stress; Stress (Psychology)

Keywords

VR; Virtual Reality; Stress; Resilience; Healthcare professionals; healthcare workers; nurses; hospital; surgical ward

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• AIM-IAM-FIM • Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM), • Intervention Appropriateness Measure (IAM), • Feasibility of Intervention Measure (FIM)

  Each subscale comprises four elements ranging from 1 (completely disagree) to 5 (completely agree)

  Immediately after the VR intervention the scale will be filled in by the participant

• User satisfaction

  NRS score ranging from 0 (not satisfied) to 10 (very satisfied)

  Immediately after the VR intervention

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Stress level

  immediately before the intervention (pre-intervention) and immediately after the intervention (post-intervention)

• CSQ-VR

  immediately after the VR intervention

• Best organizational fit

  At a scheduled moment within 1 month after the intervention

Study Arms (1)

VR intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Device: Virtual Reality intervention

Interventions

Virtual Reality intervention DEVICE

Virtual Realtiy intervention with biofeedback for 10 minutes during a shift on the ward for healthcare professionals

VR intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Volunteering healthcare professionals (≥18 years old) working in direct patient care, such as nurses, residents, physician assistants, and surgeons, on the surgical ward.

You may not qualify if:

• Diagnosed with epilepsy
• Experienced VR as a trigger for their migraines
• Severe dizziness, nausea or physical disabilities will be excluded.
• Diagnosed with arrythmias, bradycardia or tachycardia
• Not able to wear the VR headset due to physical or psychological conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc: lead
• European Union (Horizon Europe Programme): collaborator
• Rigshospitalet, Denmark: collaborator
• Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf: collaborator

Study Sites (2)

Rhigshospitalet

Copenhagen, Denmark

Location

University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

Hamburg, Germany

Location

Related Links

• a link to the KEEPCARING website. This study is part of the project

Study Officials

• Anne Eskes, associate professor

  AmsterdamUMC

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Sophie Q Vermeulen, MD

CONTACT

0031639012875; s.q.vermeulen@amsterdamumc.nl

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Medical doctor, PhD Candidate Department of Surgery

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 17, 2025
• First Posted: September 4, 2025
• Study Start: November 1, 2025
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 1, 2026
• Last Updated: September 4, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-08

Locations

DE (1); DK (1)