Effects of an Immersive Virtual Reality Intervention

Nurse's Role Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of an Immersive Virtual Reality Intervention Combined With Mindfulness-based Therapy on Mental Health in Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05637736
• Other study ID #: NUCM22_0708
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 1, 2022
• Est. completion date: December 30, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: November 2022
• Source: Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Some recent studies demonstrated caregivers may experience negative emotions such as anxiety and sadness, which may also affect normal treatment during the epidemic. As the pandemic continues, mental health support, encouragement , and a sense of purpose are needed to support healthcare workers.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 81
• Est. completion date: December 30, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: November 30, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Registered nurses (RN) who work in target departments were included. The target departments mainly included internal medicine, surgical, emergency department, where nurses had direct mutual engagement with patients.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Nurses who have not been involved in the COVID-19 volunteer service.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• COVID-19
• COVID-19 Pandemic
• Mental Stress
• Nurse's Role
• Stress, Psychological

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction by Therapeutic VR
Therapeutic VR+MBT was provided using a head-mounted display which designed to enclose eyes and block external stimuli almost entirely. Patients can see immersive natural scenes through VR devices and hear stereo sounds through headphones. We uploaded a programme, which was designed to induce recordings of guided meditations (The same as the MBT), musics for meditation and consists of meditation-videos of 40 minutes. We will guide patients to choose their favorite meditation videos, such as forest, seaside, lake, snow mountain, field and so on.
• Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction
39 participates randomized and allocated to this group. MBT was conducted as an 8-week group intervention. Sessions typically began with formal mindfulness meditations that include breathing exercises, prolonged expiratory relaxation, body scan, and meditation. MBT was delivered by the first author, who has specialized training in mindfulness meditation.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
China	Wu Ye	Nanjing	Jiangsu

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Country where clinical trial is conducted

China, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Depression, anxiety, and stress scale (DASS-21)	The questionnaire of the Chinese version of DASS-21 has a total of 21 items and measures three negative emotional experiences of depression, anxiety and stress	up to 8 weeks
Primary	The impact of COVID-19	There is a separate questions. "Has COVID-19 affected your mood at work?"(0~10)	up to 8 weeks