Effect of 360° VR and 2D Videos on Patient Anxiety in Outpatient Ophthalmologic Care

NCT07530120 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: IRB : IORG0011023
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 180
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Background Previous research on ambulatory care pathways has highlighted recurring issues such as elevated patient anxiety, disorientation, and insufficient access to information, all of which negatively affect the patient experience. However, evidence remains limited regarding the effectiveness of different preparatory media in mitigating these issues in real-world clinical settings. Objectives The present study aims to assess whether viewing a video of an outpatient ophthalmologic care pathway prior to the day of surgery-either as a standard 2D video or as a 360° immersive video experienced in virtual reality (VR)-reduces patient anxiety and disorientation compared with a control condition without media support. In addition, the study aims to determine which medium is most effective and to explore methods for assessing anxiety, orientation, and information in ecological clinical settings.

Conditions

Preoperative Anxiety; Virtual Reality

Keywords

Video 2D; 360° video; Virtual Reality

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Proportion of patients with reduced preoperative anxiety compared to baseline

  The proportion of patients whose preoperative state anxiety (measured immediately before surgery using a Visual Analog Scale for Anxiety \[VAS-A\]) is lower than baseline anxiety (measured during the preoperative consultation using the VAS-A).

  Baseline (preoperative consultation) and Day 1 (preoperative assessment before surgery)

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Anxiety, quality of information, and disorientation during hospitalization and the ambulatory pathway

  Day 1 (postoperative assessment)

Study Arms (3)

Group Control : NON

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

NON (Baseline): Control condition providing no video to the patients. This is what patients really lived routinely in the ophthalmological ambulatory pathway.

Other: No viewing of the video

Group Video : 2D-V

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Video: NON condition with the watching of a 2D video \~1month before the surgery.

Other: Watching a video of the outpatient care pathway

Group Virtual Reality : VR

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

VR: NON condition with watching of a 360-VR video corresponding to a 360 video of the ophthalmological ambulatory pathway

Other: Watching a video of the outpatient care pathway

Interventions

No viewing of the video OTHER

The control group does not view the video and receives only verbal information delivered by the administrative staff.

Also known as: Control

Group Control : NON

Watching a video of the outpatient care pathway OTHER

Before surgery, patients watch an informational video explaining the outpatient journey at IOO Jules Verne.

Also known as: 2D-V, VR

Group Video : 2D-V; Group Virtual Reality : VR

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 90 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Participants should be over 18
• Have all the cognitive and mental abilities
• Speak french
• Have a programmated ophthalmology surgery in outpatient
• Have binocular corrected visual acuity \> 5/10 (20/40 Snellen)

You may not qualify if:

• Persons referred to in Articles L.1121-6 to L.1121-8 of the French Public Health Code (CSP) (guardianship, trusteeship, legal protection, etc.)
• Patients undergoing surgery under general anesthesia
• Patients undergoing emergency surgery
• Surgery not performed within one month following the preoperative appointment (except for the control group)
• For the group participating in the VR experiment:
• \- Any medical condition preventing immersion in virtual reality (e.g., epilepsy, dizziness/vertigo, psychiatric history, use of medication or substances with psychoactive effects, etc.)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Institut Ophtalmologique de l'Ouest Jules Verne: lead
• Nantes University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Institut Ophtalmologique de l'Ouest Jules Verne

Nantes, Loire Atlantique, 44300, France

Location

Study Officials

• Frank BECQUET, Docteur

  Institut Ophtalmologique de l'Ouest Jules Verne

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Jean Philippe RIVIERE, Maître de conférences

  Laboratoire des Sciences du Numérique de Nantes UMR-6004

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: The primary objective of this research is to evaluate the effectiveness of a 360° video, presented in Virtual Reality, in enhancing patient information and reducing anxiety and disorientation among patients undergoing outpatient ophthalmology surgery, compared to a traditional 2D video and a baseline condition with no media intervention.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 9, 2026
• First Posted: April 15, 2026
• Study Start: October 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: February 9, 2026
• Study Completion: February 9, 2026
• Last Updated: April 15, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-04

Locations

FR (1)