Anxiety, Pain, Virtual Reality
Conditions
Brief summary
A randomized control trial will be conducted in Assuta Ashdod hospital, in the department of obstetrics and gynecology. Pregnant and non pregnant women, undergoing one of the procedures (external cephalic version,amniocentesis or hysteroscopy), will be approached. All willing patients meeting the criteria will sign an informed consent form will. After signing informed consent patients will be randomly allocated into three groups:1) control (no use of VR). 2) use of VR googles without positive psychology. 3) use of VR googles with positive psychology. Before and after the procedure each group will answer pain and anxiety questionnaires. In addition, following, following each procedure, salivary cortisol levels will be measured.
Interventions
DEVICEVR without positive psychology
Using VR goggles showing relaxing short videos without sound
DEVICEVR with positive psychology
Using VR goggles showing relaxing short videos with positive psychological messages
Sponsors
Assuta Ashdod Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* ECV- single tone, breech presentation,gestional age 35-40,unknown drug allergy * amniocintesis -single tone,gestional age 16-24 week, * hysteroscopy-women age 18-60 , diagnostic procedure,
Exclusion criteria
* ECV-previous cesarian section, contruction,low known plt count ,premature rupture of membrane * amniocintesis- Known fetal malformations, amnionitis * hysteroscopy-pregnancy, PID
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| stress cortisol saliva level | up to 5 minutes after the procedure | each arm after the procedure will be mesured stress cortisol level in saliva |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| pain levels | up to 5 minutes after | each arm after the procedure will fill pain questioner. pain questioners using visual analog score. 0- to 10, while 0 is no pain at all, 10 is the worse pain ever felt.the patients will fill the questioner before and after the procedures. |
| anxiety levels | up to 5 minutes after | each arm after the procedure will fill anxiety questioner. anxiety questioner using the short depression , anxiety and stress scale (DASS-21). the patients will fill the questioners before and after the procedures. |
Contacts
Primary ContactNoa glick fishman, MD
Outcome results
None listed