CompletedNot Applicable

Can Preoperative Information Via Virtual Reality Affect Patient's Anxiety?

Denmark88 participantsStarted 2024-03-05

Plain-language summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to test and learn about Virtual Reality (VR) providing preoperative information to patients undergoing elective TKA surgery in spinal anesthesia. The main question(s) aim(s) to answer if: * Can preoperative information through a VR headset lower the patients preoperative anxiety? * Can VR information make the patients more ready for surgery. Painscore will also be collected. Participants will be randomized into two groups. One that will have preoperative information through VR versus standard information. If there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare enrolled TKA patients to see if VR have an impact on anxiety, readiness and pain

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Scheduled for total knee arthroplasty * Scheduled for spinal anesthesia * Age of 18 or above * Ability to understand the trial protocol, risks, and benefits and provide signed informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to read and understand Danish * Uncooperativeness (as judged by investigators) * Claustrophobia or fear of small spaces * Disorders that prevent the person from wearing a VR device * Highly visually or auditive impaired

What they're measuring

Preoperative anxiety

Timeframe: On the 1 day of inclusion and on the 1 day of the patient's surgery

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06292663

SponsorZealand University Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2025-06-20

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