Status:
COMPLETED
Effect of VR on Anxiety and Pain in Gynecological Surgery
Lead Sponsor:
Zuyderland Medisch Centrum
Conditions:
Pain, Postoperative
Anxiety
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Rationale: Lack of postoperative acute pain management is associated with increased morbidity, longer recovery time, more opioid use and subsequently increased health care costs. There is increasing e...
Detailed Description
"An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage", this is the definition of pain according to the International ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Written and orally given informed consent
- 18 years and older
- Native Dutch speaker
- Indication for elective gynecological surgery under spinal anesthesia
- No contra-indication to anesthesia:
Exclusion
- Chronic pain patients; defined as 'persistent or recurrent pain lasting longer than 3 months' . The pain is not due to the gynecological problem.
- Chronical use of pain medication (opioids)
- History of prior opioid use defined as use within 8 to 90 days prior to the surgical procedure
- Alcohol or drug abuse
- Known car sickness
- Epileptic insults in previous history
- Psychotically seizures in previous history
- Claustrophobic
- Blindness
- History of mental illness
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 22 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 9 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04687501
Start Date
October 22 2020
End Date
July 9 2022
Last Update
August 16 2022
Active Locations (1)
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Zuyderland Medical Centre
Heerlen, Netherlands, 6419PC