Virtual Reality Glasses in Palliative Care

Sponsor

Necmettin Erbakan University (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT06156540

Collaborator

Health Institutes of Turkey (Other)

Enrollment

Location

Arms

Actual Duration (Months)

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Developments in medicine and technology have led to an increase in life expectancy and an increase in the need for palliative care. palliative Care aims to reduce or eliminate a life-threatening situation. The palliative care team cares for the patient and provides informal support to the patient. It should provide care that centers on caregivers (patient's relatives). Relatives of patients who provide palliative care are responsible for their care As it increases, problems such as fatigue, hopelessness and anger may occur. Problems experienced by caregivers of patients Eliminating this problem and integrating it into care by providing psychosocial support is essential for the quality of care. caregivers Health technologies can be used to support In our research, we found that virtual reality glasses were used in palliative care clinics. It is aimed to investigate the effect of patient relatives who care for inpatients on the psychological well-being and care burden. A randomized controlled research design was used in the study. The population of the research is a country in Turkey between June and October 2023. The study consisted of patient relatives who provide care to patients in the palliative care clinic of the public hospital in the province. To research Relatives of patients who met the participation criteria and agreed to participate (control group, n=22; experimental group, n=22) constituted the sample. Data were collected from "Caregiver Introduction Form", "Psychological Well-Being Scale", "Caregiving Burden Scale" and "Virtual Reality Glasses". It was collected using the "Satisfaction Form". Before starting the research, a preliminary study was conducted with four patient relatives. of research In the implementation, firstly the preliminary application of the data collection tools was made. Then, the experimental group was given weekly Videos containing 360-degree images were watched using virtual reality glasses for 30 minutes for three days. In the control group No intervention was made. At the end of the research, the final application of the data collection tools was made. From research The data obtained was analyzed with the SPSS 22.0 package program.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Virtual Reality	Other: virtual reality glasses	N/A

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

44 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Masking:

Single (Participant)

Primary Purpose:

Prevention

Official Title:

The Effect of Virtual Reality Glasses on the Psychological Well-Being and Care Burden of Patient Relatives Giving Care to Patients in the Palliative Care Clinic

Actual Study Start Date :

Jun 15, 2023

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Oct 5, 2023

Actual Study Completion Date :

Oct 15, 2023

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
No Intervention: Control group No intervention was made to the control group. The posttest was administered four weeks after the pretest.
Experimental: Experimental group A pretest was administered to the experimental group. Then, 360-degree VR videos (nature walks, trips, etc.) were watched three days a week for four weeks. Then, the final test was administered.	Other: virtual reality glasses Using virtual reality glasses, caregivers in the experimental group were shown 360-degree VR relaxing videos.

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

No Intervention: Control group

No intervention was made to the control group. The posttest was administered four weeks after the pretest.

Experimental: Experimental group

A pretest was administered to the experimental group. Then, 360-degree VR videos (nature walks, trips, etc.) were watched three days a week for four weeks. Then, the final test was administered.

Other: virtual reality glasses

Using virtual reality glasses, caregivers in the experimental group were shown 360-degree VR relaxing videos.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

psychological well-being [Four weeks after pretest]
The psychological well-being of caregivers was evaluated.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Determine maintenance burden [Four weeks after pretest]
The effect on care burden was determined after the pre-test application and subsequent use of virtual reality glasses.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

N/A and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

Volunteering to participate in the research,
No vision, hearing or perception impairment that prevents communication,
Not using glasses to wear VR glasses,
No psychiatric disease,
Absence of complaints such as migraine, vertigo, active nausea, vomiting, headache,
Not having someone to help you care for your patient.

Exclusion Criteria:

Wanting to leave the research.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Necmettin Erbakan University	Konya		Turkey

Sponsors and Collaborators

Necmettin Erbakan University
Health Institutes of Turkey

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

Yadigar Ordu, Dr., Necmettin Erbakan University

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT06156540

Other Study ID Numbers:

TUSEB

First Posted:

Dec 5, 2023

Last Update Posted:

Dec 5, 2023

Last Verified:

Nov 1, 2023

Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:

Plan to Share IPD:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:

Keywords provided by Yadigar Ordu, Dr., Necmettin Erbakan University

Virtual reality

Nursing

Palliative care

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Dec 5, 2023