Clinical trial NCT06936540: The Effect of Virtual Tour Training Before Orthopedic Surgery
Official title: The Effect of Training on Surgical Environments Provided With Virtual Tour Before Orthopedic Surgical Intervention on Patients' Anxiety and Satisfaction Level
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Anxiety
Satisfaction
Keywords: Anxiety
Satisfaction
Virtual Reality
Orthopedic Surgical Procedures
Lead sponsor: Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-04-20
Enrollment: 70
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: The study was planned as an open-label, randomized, controlled, parallel group interventional study. Participants will be randomly assigned to either the intervention group or the control group. The intervention group will be trained by the researcher with a virtual tour material about surgical environments via a tablet computer. The control group will not receive any intervention other than verbal training in the routine of the organization.
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: The purpose of the study is to determine the effect of training on surgical environments provided with virtual tour before orthopedic surgical ıntervention on patients' anxiety and satisfaction level.

Detailed description: Although preoperative anxiety is accepted as a normal patient response, severe anxiety can lead to a number of negative physiological, emotional and cognitive consequences for patients and ultimately to prolonged hospitalization. If anxiety is not managed effectively in the preoperative period, recovery time is prolonged and the risk of anesthesia and surgery-related complications increases. Moreover, it can lead to respiratory distress and cardiac problems. It causes life threats by increasing the risk of bleeding with deterioration in hemodynamic parameters and negatively affects surgical outcomes and patient satisfaction. For all these reasons, this study was designed to contribute to the management of anxiety, which is seen as a problem that needs to be addressed in surgical nursing.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Between the ages of 18-65
* Being literate
* No comprehension and perception problems
* No hearing and vision problems
* Not being under psychiatric treatment
* No surgical experience
* To undergo elective orthopedic surgery in the operating room
* Acceptance to participate in the research

Exclusion Criteria:

* To undergo emergency orthopedic surgery
* Wishing to leave at any stage of the study

Primary outcomes:
measure: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI): Pre-test and post-test differences of anxiety levels
timeFrame: From immediately before preoperative training to immediately after preoperative training (on the day before surgery).
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for Satisfaction: Pre-test and post-test differences of satisfaction levels
timeFrame: From immediately before preoperative training to immediately after preoperative training (on the day before surgery).
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Institute of Graduate Studies
Study officials:
affiliation: Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Institute of Graduate Studies
name: Seda Baydemir, PhD-candidate
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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