CompletedNot Applicable

Assessing Virtual Reality for Perioperative Anxiolysis in Adolescents Undergoing MIRPE Surgery

Hungary50 participantsStarted 2022-08-17

Plain-language summary

In this randomized control trial, investigators would like to assess as primary objective the effectiveness of VR in anxiolysis via using State Trait Anxiety- Inventory test various time during the perioperative period with recorded physiologic data. As a secondary objective they are investigating the use of VR in the postoperative period for pain modulation via using pain numeric rating scales (NRS), monitoring physiologic data, and collecting information on painkiller demand of the patients.

Who can participate

Age range13 Years – 18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patient between 13-18 years old * reported chest deformity (pectus excavatum/ carinatum) * patients undergoing MIRPE surgery in general anesthesia * Hungarian fluency * willing to comply with study procedures. Exclusion Criteria: * gross cognitive impairment that would interfere with the ability to consent or complete study procedures. * Head injury * Head infection * Altered mental status (independently from midazolam) * Scabies or louse * Dizziness or vertigo * Blindness or severe vision loss * Lack of parental/ guardian or patient consent * Those, who has a head deformity, so VR headset does not fit well

What they're measuring

Change in anxiety

Timeframe: 1-2 days

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06446518

SponsorSemmelweis University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2024-12-10

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