The research was conducted as a randomized controlled clinical study to determine the effect of virtual reality glasses on pain and patient satisfaction during the episiotomy repair procedure. The sample consisted of 50 pregnant woman of whom 25 were in the control group and 25 were determined by randomization among primiparous pregnant woman who met the reasearch's criteria and agreed to participate in the study.
Objective: The research was conducted as a randomized controlled clinical study to determine the effect of virtual reality glasses on pain and patient satisfaction during the episiotomy repair procedure. Method: The research population consisted of 50 primiparous pregnant women who applied to the delivery room of Necip Fazıl City Hospital Gynecology and Child Additional Service Building between 15 June 2021 and 15 December 2021 for vaginal delivery. Data were collected with the Mother Identification Form and Visual Analogum Scales (VAS) Pain - Satisfaction Evaluation Forms. During the episiotomy repair procedure, 5 ml of lidocaine was administered to the patients in the intervention group; A video with music was watched with virtual reality glasses for an average of 10 minutes, just before starting the process and throughout the process. No application was made to the mothers in the control group, except for 5 ml of lidocaine, which was applied during episiotomy repair. In the evaluation of the data, mean, standard deviation, percentage and number values are given. Student's t test was used to compare normally distributed variables in two groups, and Mann Whitney U test was used to compare non-normally distributed variables in two groups. In testing the variables in different groups and times, repeated measures of variance analysis were applied. Relationships between categorical variables were tested with CI-square test, and relations between non-normally distributed numerical variables were tested with Spearman rank correlation coefficient. SPSS 22.0 Windows version package program was used in the analysis. P\<0.05 was considered significant.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
51
watching a video with music with virtual reality glasses.
Necip Fazıl City Hospital/ Gynecology and Children
Kahramanmaraş, Turkey (Türkiye)
Visual Analogue Scale
It is a scale used to measure subjective experiences. In the form of a 0-10 cm ruler, one end of the scale indicates 0 painlessness and the other end 10 indicates the most severe degree of pain intensity. The degree of pain intensity was evaluated by marking the pain perceived by the woman on the ruler.
Time frame: 10-15 munites.
Visual Analogue Scale
It is a scale used to measure subjective experiences. It was used to assess satisfaction after episiotomy. One end of the scale, in the form of a 0-10 cm ruler, indicates dissatisfaction at all, and the other end of 10 indicates the highest degree of satisfaction. The satisfaction level of the woman was evaluated by marking the number on the ruler. Satisfaction was measured in the first 1-hour period immediately after the episiotomy.
Time frame: 5 munites.
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