Impact of Virtual Reality Before Oocytes Retrieval on Anxiety and Pregnancy Rate

Impact of a Virtual Reality Experience, Before Oocytes Retrieval for In-vitro Fertilisation Treatment, on Anxiety and on the Pregnancy Rate

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03064061

Enrollment

600

Registered

2017-02-24

Start date

2017-02-17

Completion date

2019-06-30

Last updated

2018-03-22

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Conditions

Anxiety, in Vitro Fertilization, Virtual Reality

Brief summary

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of a session of virtual reality (VR) with the objective of lowering the anxiety level on the clinical pregnancy rate following an In-vitro fertilisation (IVF) procedure. Indeed, anxiety in relation to infertility happens frequently and over time, can become stressful for our patients. This level of stress influences the effect of the infertility treatment. Reducing anxiety levels could promote the ability of the patients to face this stress and promote a greater chance of pregnancy in that context.

Interventions

DEVICEVirtual reality

a device with virtual reality is given to the patients with a film of 18 minutes

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

18 Years to 42 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Adult patients benefiting from an oocytes retrieval as part of their IVF at Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc. * Simple IVF / IVF Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with long-term psychotherapeutic treatment * Patients taking psychotropic drugs * patient blind and deaf

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
impact of the virtual reality on the pregnancy rate (Ultrasound)	12 weeks	measured by ultrasound

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
impact of the virtual reality on anxiety (numeric scale)	immediate	measured with numeric scale (0-10) before and after the VR
impact of the virtual reality on satisfaction	immediate	measured by a numeric scale 0-10
impact of the virtual reality on pregnancy test	6 weeks	measured by blood beta HCG level
state-trait Anxiety Inventory	immediate	measured with STAI Y-A Spielberger before and after the VR and when leaving the hospital

Countries

Belgium

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 6, 2026