The Effect of Virtual Reality Glasses on Labor Pain

Anxiety Clinical Trial

Official title:

Principal Investigator

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01687933
• Other study ID #: Virtual Reality System
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• First received: August 29, 2012
• Last updated: September 15, 2012
• Start date: February 2011
• Est. completion date: August 2012

Study information

• Verified date: August 2012
• Source: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Iran: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

There are different medicinal and non medicinal methods to control labor pain. Today, much attention has been on non medicinal methods because of limitations and complications of medical procedures. Virtual reality is a new and promising method of diversion of mind that may have an impact on labor pain. This study was conducted to determine the effect of virtual reality on the first stage of labor pain.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: August 2012
• Est. primary completion date: July 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 29 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Iranian

• low risk pregnancy

• primipara

Exclusion Criteria:

• vision or ear disorders

• History of motion sickness or headaches

• psychological disease or Addiction

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety
• Labor Pain

Intervention

Device:
• three-dimensional glasses(manufactor Vuzix,wrap 920)
The samples were randomly allocated to use three-dimensional glasses for 30 minutes in order to reliving labor pain.

Other:
• usual care
Women in Control group did not use the glasses.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	pain and anxiety		up to 8 months	Yes