Can Visual stimulation reduces patient discomfort during screening colonoscopy?: randomized control trial

Can Visual stimulation reduces patient discomfort during screening colonoscopy?: randomized control trial - Vistual stimulation and colonoscopy

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000009009

Enrollment

Registered

2012-09-30

Start date

2012-07-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Patients scheduled colonoscopy

Interventions

Participants receive colonoscopy putting on head mount display with visual stimulation. Participants receive colonoscopy putting on head mount display without visual stimulation.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients scheduled colonoscopy.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: History of abdominal surgery Patitents with visual disability History of heart failure, renal failure, liver cirrhosis or chronic hepatic failure Pregnancy or possibility of pregnancy Patients judged as inappropriate candidates for the trial by the investigators

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The pain score during colonoscopy (visual analog scale) The anxiety score during colonosocpy (visual analog scale) The satisfaction score after colonoscopy (visual analog scale)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Cecal intubation rate Cecal intubation time Total procedure time Vital sign before, during and after colonoscpy	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactTakuma Higurashi

Yokohama City University Hospital Division of gastroenterology

takuma_h@yokohama-cu.ac.jp045-787-2640

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026