Pain and anxiety before and during a nerve block procedure Not Applicable Anxiety before and during a medical procedure, pain
Conditions
Interventions
Patients were randomly assigned (block size three) to one of the three intervention groups by computer program Research Manager, Deventer, The Netherlands, 2018. General preoperative characteristics w
Sponsors
Spaarne Gasthuis
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Adults 18 years and older 2. Conditions that require nerve block intervention 3. Written informed consent 4. We allow re-enrolment in the randomisation procedure, as some patients will return for repeated treatment during the randomisation period. A new written informed consent is needed
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with difficulties in speaking and reading Dutch 2. Patients physically or mentally not able to consent 3. Patients with severe hearing loss or refraction errors making it impossible to wear the audiovisual device 4. Anxiety disorders, such as panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder and others 5. ASA 4 - 5
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Anxiety assessed with the Dutch State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) form before (T1) and after (T2) the medical procedure | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. The Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) was used for measuring pain on a 0 -10 scale at T1 and T2 2. Electrodermal activity (EDA) sensor PIP, Dublin, Ireland 2018, was placed during the medical treatment only, recording EDA in frames of 8 times per second to determine stress levels and stress events during the procedure 3. Experiences of the intervention measured using a novel questionnaire at T2 4. Side effects reported on the questionnaire by the patients or noted by the medical staff at T2 | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Contacts
Public ContactKarlijn van Stralen
Outcome results
None listed