The Effect of Virtual Reality Glasses on Labor Pain

Principal Investigator

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 2Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01687933

Enrollment

Registered

2012-09-19

Start date

2011-02-28

Completion date

2012-08-31

Last updated

2012-09-19

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Conditions

Anxiety, Labor Pain

Keywords

Labor pain, Virtual reality, the first stage of labor, Pain relief, Simulator

Brief summary

There are different medicinal and non medicinal methods to control labor pain. Today, much attention has been on non medicinal methods because of limitations and complications of medical procedures. Virtual reality is a new and promising method of diversion of mind that may have an impact on labor pain. This study was conducted to determine the effect of virtual reality on the first stage of labor pain.

Interventions

DEVICEthree-dimensional glasses(manufactor Vuzix,wrap 920)

The samples were randomly allocated to use three-dimensional glasses for 30 minutes in order to reliving labor pain.

OTHERusual care

Women in Control group did not use the glasses.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

18 Years to 29 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Iranian * low risk pregnancy * primipara

Exclusion criteria

* vision or ear disorders * History of motion sickness or headaches * psychological disease or Addiction

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
pain and anxiety	up to 8 months

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026