Virtual Reality Mindfulness in Preoperative Anxious Patients

Ospedale Regionale di Mendrisio100 enrolled

Overview

The goal of this interventional study is to reduce preoperative anxiety by Virtual Reality mindfulness. Population: all adults, able to give their consent and scheduled for surgery with high preoperative anxiety defined by Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS) score \> 10. The study will recruit 100 patients in one university teaching hospital. The main question it aims to answer is: may mindfulness by Virtual Reality reduce preoperative anxiety in patients particularly anxious for the surgery? Participants will be asked to undergo to a single mindfulness virtual reality session before the surgery.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Test Anxiety Anxiety State Preoperative Period

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * adults able to give their consent, scheduled for elective surgery and with high preoperative anxiety defined by Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS) \> 10 Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy * Epilepsy * Pacemaker wearers * Mental diseases * Alcohol or drug addiction * Severe hearing loss or blindness * Simultaneous participation to other studies

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change from one week before surgery in anxiety on STAI score some hours before the intervention

The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) score is a validated, self reported instrument to assessing state and trait anxiety. Possible scores range from "no or low anxiety" (20-37) to "high anxiety" (45-80). Change = (one week before - some hours before the surgery and after mindfulness in virtual reality)

Time frame: Up to two weeks