VR Education in Arterial Hypertension

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The aim of this study is to compare standard education with VR augmented education in patients with arterial hypertension

Detailed Description
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To demonstrate the technical and organizational feasibility of patient education about arterial hypertension in virtual reality. Demonstrate the non-inferiority of education conducted in virtual reality to traditional face-to-face education by a physician. To define the cost-effectiveness of education in virtual reality in the reality of progressing shortage of human resources. Patients diagnosed with arterial hypertension as part of a routine examination in an internal medicine outpatient clinic will be randomized to education about the disease directly by a physician in one arm or using a 3D movie in VR glasses filmed by a physician in an identical outpatient clinic setting. It will be concluded by questionnaire method to compare the outcome of both education namely subjective satisfaction and objectively by using questions to evaluate the success of the education.

Official Title
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A Pilot Study of the Feasibility and Non-inferiority of Patient Education About Arterial Hypertension in Virtual Reality

Conditions
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Arterial Hypertension

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Physician based education
* Behavioral: VR based education


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: all consecutive patients with arterial hypertension Exclusion Criteria: visual impairment

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 100 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Other
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Active Comparator: Standart physicain based education<br>In this arm, patient education will be conducted by the physician as the gold standard. | Behavioral: Physician based education<br>* Regular education provided by physician<br>|
| Experimental: VR based education<br>In this arm, patient education will be performed using 3D educational material presented in VR glasses. | Behavioral: VR based education<br>* VR based education<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Non-Inferiority of VR augmented education: physician assessment of objective patient understanding | After the education, the patient will answer a prepared list of questions on arterial hypertension whose answers were mentioned in the previous education and the percentage of correct/wrong answers will be compared in both arms of the study. | 18 months | 
| Non-Inferiority of VR augmented education:subjective evaluation of education by the patient | After the education, the patient will rate how he/she subjectively perceived the subjective pleasantness of the education on a scale of 1 to 5 ( 1 best/ 5 worst). | 18 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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virtual reality education