Effect of Virtual Reality Intervention on Stress Levels of Surgical Nurses

Stress Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Intervention on Stress Levels of Surgical Nurses: A Crossover Designed Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06022783
• Other study ID #: 2023-KAEK-655
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 24, 2023
• Est. completion date: August 4, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: September 2023
• Source: Trakya University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim this crossover designed study is to examine the effect of watching a relaxing video with using virtual reality glasses (VR-G) during the break period of a working shift on the stress levels of surgical nurses.

Nurses will be asked to watch a relaxing video with using VR-G for 20 minutes at their break time (the first procedure).

After one-week wash-out period, researchers will compare second procedure (no video watch with VR-G) to see if there is any difference on the stress levels of the nurses.

Description:

Allocation of the nurses to the procedure groups (with VR-G and no VR-G procedures) is done with using Random Allocation Software program.

Among the with VR-G procedure:

The nurses were asked to watch a relaxing video with using VR-G for 20 minutes at their break time. The researcher visited the nurses at the beginning of the working shift and asked the nurse stress scale items to them in the nursing room, scheduled a break period with them individually and visited them again at the scheduled time. Then, the researcher prepared the video and googles, asked nurses to sit on the chair in the nursing room at the surgical unit, helped them to wear the VR-G and let them alone to watch the video for 20 minutes.

At the end of their working shift, the researcher visited them and asked the scale items once again.

Among the no VR-G procedure:

The nurses did not watch any video and copleted their routine working shift and break times. The researcher visited the nurses at the beginning and at the end of their working shift and asked the nurse stress scale items to them in the nursing room.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: August 4, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: July 24, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• working in a surgical unit for at least one year

• able to use virtual reality glasses

• volunteering to participate in this study

Exclusion Criteria:

• having a visual and/or audial problems

• leaving surgical unit for any reason

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Nurse
• Stress
• Virtual Reality

Intervention

Other:
• Virtual reality intervention
Watching a relaxing video with using VR-G for 20 minutes

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Seher Ünver	Edirne
Turkey	Trakya University	Edirne

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Trakya University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Stress level	will be evaluated with using the "Nurse Stress Scale (NSS)" which is developed by Gray-Toft and Anderson and, translated and validated in Turkish by Mert, Sayilan and Baydemir. This scale consists of seven subcategories and 34 positive items rated using a 4-point Likert scoring system "1-never", "2-sometimes", 3-often," "4-very often". The total scale score, which reflects the frequency of the stress experienced by nurses, ranges from 34 to 136 points. A higher score indicates more frequent stress, while a lower score indicates less stress for the same situations.	At the beginning and end of nurses daily working shift through study completion, an average of six months.