RecruitingNot Applicable

Effect of Virtual Reality on the Need of Premedication Before Surgery

Switzerland40 participantsStarted 2025-11-11

Plain-language summary

This study will assess, on patients requesting a pharmacological premedication in the preoperative period, if virtual reality reality could reduce the request of pharmacological premedication while maintaining a good level of comfort for the patient. The aim of this study is to understand if virtual reality could reduce the need for pharmacological premedication and their associated secondary effects.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * All patients undergoing elective surgery * Minimal age of 18-year-old * Able to give informed consent for the study * Requesting pharmacological premedication in the pre-operative period. Exclusion Criteria: * Lacking capacity or ability to complete the consent form or to respond to the required obligations linked to the study protocol * Contraindications to pharmacological premedication * Known cognitive dysfunction, previous history of neurological/psychiatric diseases like epilepsy * Non Italian speaking patients * Injuries to the head/face that would prohibit wearing headsets * Infectious skin conditions of the head/face * Contact isolation due to bacteria and viruses * Symptoms of vertigo or motion sickness * Reduced visual or auditory acuity * Pregnancy * Claustrophobia

What they're measuring

Proportion of patients requiring pharmacological premedication after Virtual Reality (VR) intervention

Timeframe: Up to the initiation of pre-oxygenation (same day)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT07450456

SponsorEnte Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2026-10

Contact for this trial

Hervé Schlotterbeck, Medical Doctor

0041 91 811 51 89 herve.schlotterbeck@eoc.ch