Clinical trial NCT06346730: The Effect of Virtual Reality Application on Anxiety and Patient Satisfaction During Intrauterine Insemination (IUI)
Official title: The Effect of Virtual Reality Application on Anxiety and Patient Satisfaction During Intrauterine Insemination (IUI): Randomized Controlled Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Virtual Reality
Anxiety
Patient Satisfaction
Intrauterine Insemination (IUI)
Lead sponsor: Suleyman Demirel University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-04-04
Enrollment: 90
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 45
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: The sample will divide into intervention and control groups
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: This study will conduct as a randomized pretest-posttest study to examine the effect of virtual reality glasses (VRG) application during the IUI procedure on anxiety and patient satisfaction. The population of the research will consist of women who were treated with assisted reproductive techniques and underwent IUI at the infertility polyclinic of Ministry of Health Adana City Training and Research Hospital between May and December 2024 and who meet the research criteria. The research sample was calculated as a total of 90 people (at least 45 people in each group) using the power program. Data; Personal Information Form, Visual Assessment Scale (VAS), State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and Patient's Perception of Nursing Care Scale will be collected from women who agree to participate in the research. Virtual reality glasses will be applied to the intervention group.

Detailed description: This study will conduct as a randomized pretest-posttest study to examine the effect of virtual reality glasses (VRG) application during the IUI procedure on anxiety and patient satisfaction. The population of the research will consist of women who were treated with assisted reproductive techniques and underwent IUI at the infertility polyclinic of Ministry of Health Adana City Training and Research Hospital between May and December 2024 and who meet the research criteria. The research sample was calculated as a total of 90 people (at least 45 people in each group) using the power program. Data; Personal Information Form, Visual Assessment Scale (VAS), State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and Patient's Perception of Nursing Care Scale will be collected from women who agree to participate in the research. These scales will be applied to both groups before and after Intrauterine Insemination (IUI).

Virtual reality glasses will be applied to the intervention group during intrauterine insemination (IUI).

Keywords: Virtual reality, anxiety, patient satisfaction, Intrauterine Insemination (IUI)

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 18-45 age group
* Primary infertile,
* Able to speak and understand Turkish,
* Are cognitive, effective and have no problems preventing communication,
* Having no psychiatric problems,
* Not diagnosed with epilepsy (due to the possibility of virtual reality (VR) glasses triggering epileptic seizures),
* Women who volunteer to participate in the study will be recruited.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Having a psychiatric problem,
* Diagnosed with epilepsy
* Those who want to leave the study

Primary outcomes:
measure: State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)
timeFrame: The research period for a participant takes approximately 30 minute
measure: Patient's Perception of Nursing Care Scale
timeFrame: The research period for a participant takes approximately 30 minute
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Çukurova university
name: Evşen ÇU NAZİK, professor
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Suleyman Demirel University
name: Ayşe Sevim SU Akbay Kısa, Ph.D
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Adana City Training and Research Hospital
name: Ebru Var
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Adana City Training and Research Hospital
name: Sefa ARLIER, professor
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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