Clinical trial NCT06792929: The Effect of Virtual Reality Applications
Official title: The Effect of Virtual Reality Applications on Diagnostic Procedures Performed in Patients With Suspicious Thyroid Cancer
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Thyroid Cancer
Virtual Reality Therapy
Ultrasound
Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy
Thyroid Nodule (Diagnosis)
Keywords: Thyroid Cancer
Virtual Reality Therapy
Ultrasound
Thyroid Nodule
Fine needle aspiration biopsy
Lead sponsor: Dicle University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-01-27
Enrollment: 100
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 75
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: virtual reality glasses group and control group
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Thyroid nodules are a common health problem in the adult population. The majority of cancers are diagnosed by thyroid fine needle aspiration biopsy. Thyroid nodules generally show clinical findings in 1-5% of cases on physical examination and 20-70% on ultrasound examination. In diagnosis; Ultrasonography, fine needle aspiration biopsy, ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy, scintigraphy, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are widely used. The fact that the thyroid fine needle aspiration biopsy procedure is painful, there is no speaking or coughing during the procedure, and in case of insufficient sample, the procedure must be performed several times. Its repetition causes fear and anxiety in patients. A combination of pharmacological and nonpharmacological methods for pain control likely provides the most effective pain relief for the patient. Distraction is one of the non-pharmacological methods used in pain control. Distraction is one of the most preferred methods to reduce pain in patients during diagnosis and treatment procedures. It is a method that allows patients to control and reduce the symptoms they experience by focusing their attention on a different point.The aim of this study is to examine the effect of using a motivational video with virtual reality glasses to distract attention during the biopsy procedure on pain, stress and fear in individuals with suspected thyroid cancer.

Detailed description: Research Type:

It was designed as a randomized controlled experimental study.

Research Population and Sample:

The research sample will consist of patients with suspected thyroid mass who applied to a University Hospitals. The sample of the research is aimed to be 100 volunteer diabetic patients who applied to the University Hospital.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients with suspected thyroid mass
* No dizziness problem
* No vision problems

Exclusion Criteria:

* Mental health problems that may prevent wearing virtual reality glasses

Primary outcomes:
measure: Visual Analogue Scale
timeFrame: Before and immediately after ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration biopsy procedure
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Fear of Pain Scale-III
timeFrame: Before and immediately after ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration biopsy procedure
measure: Beck Anxiety Scale
timeFrame: Before and immediately after ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration biopsy procedure
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Diyarbakır
country: Turkey
facility: Dicle Univertsity
state: South East
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