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NCT Number: NCT07778030

Virtual Reality Operating Room Tour and Preoperative Anxiety in Spinal Surgery Patients Experimental: "VR Operating Room Tour" - Participants Viewed a Five-minute Virtual Reality Video of Preoperative Preparation and the Operating Room the Night Before Surgery, Facilitated by a Nurse.

This randomised controlled trial evaluated whether a nurse-facilitated virtual reality (VR) tour of the operating room reduces preoperative anxiety in adults awaiting lumbar disc herniation surgery.

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Key information

Conditions

Lumbar Disc Herniation Surgery

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University

Zonguldak, Turkey, 67100, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

Preoperative anxiety is common among surgical patients and, when unaddressed, may be associated with greater anaesthetic requirements, more postoperative pain, and slower recovery. Standard preoperative information alone is often insufficient to relieve it, and evidence for a structured VR operating room tour in adult spinal surgery is limited.

Fifty-eight adults scheduled for elective lumbar disc herniation surgery at a university training and research hospital were randomly assigned in equal numbers to an intervention group or a control group. The night before surgery, the intervention group viewed an approximately five-minute VR video, facilitated by the nurse-researcher, showing preoperative preparation, transfer to and entry into the operating theatre, the waiting area, the operating room, and the postoperative care area; the video contained no images of surgical procedures. The control group received standard preoperative care. Surgical anxiety was measured before and after the intervention using the Surgical Anxiety Scale for Adult Patients.

The study aimed to determine whether a brief, low-cost, nurse-delivered VR operating room tour is an effective and feasible way to lower preoperative anxiety and could be incorporated into routine perioperative nursing care.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Scheduled for lumbar disc herniation surgery

  • Aged over 18 and under 65 years
  • Agreed to participate in the study
  • Able to understand and communicate in Turkish
  • Cooperative
  • No hearing or perception impairment

Exclusion criteria

  • Under 18 or over 65 years of age
  • Declined to participate
  • Unable to understand or communicate in Turkish
  • Did not complete the study forms
  • In the postoperative period
  • Undergoing emergency surgery
  • Hearing or perception impairment
  • Diagnosis other than lumbar disc herniation

Treatment and study plan

Virtual Reality Operating Room Tour

Behavioral

Virtual Realiaty Tour praperd for patients with VR glasses in 5 minutes

Primary outcomes

  1. Surgical anxiety

    Time frame: 12 hours before enrolment and, 5 minutes enrollment The Surgical Anxiety Scale for Adult Patients (SAS-A) was used to assess Surgical anxiety. The scale comprises 17 items Total scores range from 0 to 68, with no established cut-off, and higher scores.

    Change in surgical anxiety, measured by the Surgical Anxiety Scale for Adult Patients. Time Frame: before the intervention (night before surgery) and after the intervention.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Virtual Reality Operating Room Tour and Preoperative Anxiety in Spinal Surgery Patients: A Randomised Controlled Trial Study Design Study Type: Interventional Primary Purpose: Supportive Care Allocation: Randomized Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: None Enrollment: 58 (Actual) Conditions Lumbar Disc Herniation; Preoperative Anxiety Arms and Interventions Experimental: "VR Operating Room Tour" - Participants Viewed a Five-minute Virtual Reality Video of Preoperative Preparation and the Operating Room the Night Ongul

Acronym: VROOM

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2025
First posted
Aug 21, 2026
Registry last updated
Aug 21, 2026

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