Virtual Reality Operating Room Tour and Preoperative Anxiety in Spinal Surgery Patients Experimental: "VR Operating Room Tour" - Participants Viewed a Five-minute Virtual Reality Video of Preoperative Preparation and the Operating Room the Night Before Surgery, Facilitated by a Nurse.

NCT07778030 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2024-400
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 58
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This randomised controlled trial evaluated whether a nurse-facilitated virtual reality (VR) tour of the operating room reduces preoperative anxiety in adults awaiting lumbar disc herniation surgery.

Conditions

Lumbar Disc Herniation Surgery

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Surgical anxiety

  Change in surgical anxiety, measured by the Surgical Anxiety Scale for Adult Patients. Time Frame: before the intervention (night before surgery) and after the intervention.

  12 hours before enrolment and, 5 minutes enrollment The Surgical Anxiety Scale for Adult Patients (SAS-A) was used to assess Surgical anxiety. The scale comprises 17 items Total scores range from 0 to 68, with no established cut-off, and higher scores.

Study Arms (2)

Arm 1 - Experimental

EXPERIMENTAL

VR Operating Room Tour" - Participants viewed a five-minute virtual reality video of preoperative preparation and the operating room the night before surgery, facilitated by a nurse.

Behavioral: Virtual Reality Operating Room Tour

Arm 2

NO INTERVENTION

No Intervention: "Standard Care" - Participants received standard preoperative care.

Interventions

Virtual Reality Operating Room Tour BEHAVIORAL

Virtual Realiaty Tour praperd for patients with VR glasses in 5 minutes

Arm 1 - Experimental

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Scheduled for lumbar disc herniation surgery
• Aged over 18 and under 65 years
• Agreed to participate in the study
• Able to understand and communicate in Turkish
• Cooperative
• No hearing or perception impairment

You may not qualify if:

• Under 18 or over 65 years of age
• Declined to participate
• Unable to understand or communicate in Turkish
• Did not complete the study forms
• In the postoperative period
• Undergoing emergency surgery
• Hearing or perception impairment
• Diagnosis other than lumbar disc herniation

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University

Zonguldak, Turkey, 67100, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (3)

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  PMID: 14724926 RESULT

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• Boeke S, Duivenvoorden HJ, Verhage F, Zwaveling A. Prediction of postoperative pain and duration of hospitalization using two anxiety measures. Pain. 1991 Jun;45(3):293-297. doi: 10.1016/0304-3959(91)90053-Z.

  PMID: 1876438 RESULT

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Proffesssor Nurten Taşdemir

Model Details: Randomized Clinical Trial, intervention group and control group

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 7, 2026
• First Posted: August 21, 2026
• Study Start: August 10, 2024
• Primary Completion: December 10, 2024
• Study Completion: May 26, 2025
• Last Updated: August 21, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)