Clinical trial · Interventional
Effect of Virtual Reality on Pain, Anxiety, and Vital Signs of the Patients Undergoing Port Catheter Implantation
The Effect of Virtual Reality on Pain, Anxiety, and Vital Signs of Oncology Patients Undergoing Port Catheter Implantation: A Randomized Controlled Study
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This study aimed to determine the effect of virtual reality on pain, anxiety, and vital signs of oncology patients undergoing port catheter implantation. The study was carried out with 139 participants (69 intervention, 70 control) between September 2019 and January 2020. A patient identification form, state anxiety inventory, a table for vital signs, and a visual analog scale for pain severity were used for the data collection. Data were collected from the patients before, during, and after the implantation. In the intervention group, a virtual reality device, movies, and relaxing music were provided to the patients.
Conditions
Conditions (4)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anxiety | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Blood Pressure | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Body Temperature Changes | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Pain | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virtual Reality Distraction | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Intervention
- description
- For the patients in this group, a virtual reality device was provided to the patients and patients wear it during the port catheter implantation and after the port catheter implantation when they felt pain.
- interventionNames
- Other: Virtual Reality Distraction
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control
- description
- For the patients in this group, there wasn't any specific intervention during or after the port catheter implantation.
Primary outcomes (6)
- measure
- Pain Severity
- timeFrame
- Change from baseline pain severity at 4 hours
- description
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * aged 18 years and older, can communicate in Turkish, being diagnosed with cancer, and undergoing port catheter implantation. Exclusion Criteria: * being have chronic pain or anxiety disorders, using any type of analgesic or anxiolytic, and diagnosed with epilepsy were excluded from the study. The patients who have a visual impairment or also excluded from the study. Patients diagnosed with brain cancer or have brain metastasis were excluded from the study considering the potential seizures. During the intervention, the interventions were ended for the patients who experienced headache or dizziness (two most common problems caused by VR) and data of these patients were not included in the analysis.
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