NCT06634615 The Effect of Patient Education and in the Operating Room Family Interview Practices on Patient Outcomes Using Virtual Reality in Cholecystectomy Patients

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This trial targets 60 participants in total. It began in 2025-01-05 with a primary completion date of 2025-07.

Brief Summary

This study was planned to be a randomized controlled experimental study to determine the effect of patient education and family interview practices using virtual reality on stress intensity, anxiety and information need levels, sleep quality and satisfaction with the preparation process for surgery in cholecystectomy patients. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Is there a significant difference in stress intensity, anxiety, and information need levels between patients who received and did not receive patient education with VR glasses in the ward before cholecystectomy surgery? * Is there a significant difference in stress intensity and anxiety levels between patients who received and did not receive video family interviews with VR glasses in the operative waiting area before cholecystectomy surgery? * Is there a significant difference in stress intensity, anxiety, and sleep quality levels at discharge of groups that received different VR interventions? * What is the postoperative sleep quality of patients with low preoperative anxiety levels? * What is the satisfaction of patients who received VR with the surgery preparation process? The patients participating in the study will be numbered according to the order of hospitalization and assigned to one of the control, education, education+interview groups in accordance with the randomization list. Face-to-face communication will be established with each patient in the ward on the day of hospitalization, in the preoperative waiting area when they come to the operating room and in the ward on the day of discharge. Depending on the groups in which the patients are included, they will be shown an educational video using virtual reality goggles and/or will be allowed to meet with their families. No application will be made to the control group and the ward routine will continue.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who volunteered to participate in the study, * who were 18 years of age or older, * who would undergo elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgery, * who had no vision, hearing and communication problems, * whose relatives had a smartphone and internet connection, * whose stress intensity was higher than 3 points (between 1-10 points) met the inclusion criteria. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with complaints of dizziness, * psychiatric disorders, * persistent sleep problems were excluded from the study. * Patients who voluntarily left the study, * interrupted the family video call with VR, * felt discomfort during VR application, * developed any allergy to the goggle material, * filled out the data collection forms incompletely and/or incorrectly will be excluded from the study.

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