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Gall Bladder DiseaseNCT05724277

The Effect of Mindfulness Meditation and Virtual Reality on Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Patients

A study testing Mindfulness Meditation and Virtual Reality in people with Gall Bladder Disease and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, run by Ataturk University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).

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Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

This study aims to compare the effects of the Theory of Human Caring based short-term mindfulness meditation and virtual reality on patients scheduled for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 65 years
What is being tested?
Mindfulness Meditation and Virtual Reality
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
160 participants
Where
1 siteTurkey (Türkiye)
Study dates
30 Dec 2022to 2 Aug 2024
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 65 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • 18 years old and over,
  • To undergo laparoscopic cholecystectomy operation,
  • No orientation problem,
  • Volunteering to participate in the study.

Who cannot join

  • Conversion from laparoscopic approach to open cholecystectomy in the operating room,
  • Complications that may affect participation in the study,
  • Taking the patient to the intensive care unit after surgery,
  • Refusal to participate in the study.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Turkey (Türkiye)1 site
  • Erzincan Binali Yildirim University - Mengücek Gazi Education and Research Hospital

    Erzincan, Erzincan, 24030

Other trials in Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

Official title: Comparison of the Effects of Theory of Human Caring Based Short-Term Mindfulness Meditation and Virtual Reality on Patients Scheduled for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

This study aims to compare the effects of the Theory of Human Caring based short-term mindfulness meditation and virtual reality on patients scheduled for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Read the detailed description

Anxiety, fear and sleep disorders are frequently encountered conditions in preoperative patient evaluation. Common postoperative problems include pain, sleep disturbances, nausea and vomiting. When these problems are not dealt with effectively, patient comfort and satisfaction are adversely affected, recovery time after surgery and total hospital stay are prolonged, and the time allocated to nursing care increases. Today, it has gained great importance to try to manage these problems with pharmacological and non-pharmacological evidence-based approaches. In particular, nurses need to identify possible problems in both preoperative patient evaluation and postoperative patient follow-up and produce solutions for them. Although it is stated in studies that using easy, effective and safe non-invasive methods such as meditation and virtual reality can reduce the possibility of complications, increase the comfort level of patients, improve the quality of post-surgical recovery, and thus make the surgical process successful, there is no evidence to defend its effectiveness more clearly. more based studies are needed.

Being tested
Mindfulness Meditation, Virtual Reality
Keywords
recovery, mindfulness, meditation, virtual reality, nursing care
Medical subject headings
Gallbladder Diseases

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Mindfulness MeditationBehavioural

    A 15-minute mindfulness meditation will be conducted by the meditation instructor researcher.

  • Virtual RealityBehavioural

    A 10-minute virtual reality experience will be provided by using virtual reality glasses.

Study groups in NCT05724277
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Mindfulness Meditation GroupExperimentalMindfulness meditation will be applied to the patients in the Mindfulness Meditation Group for 15 minutes in the preoperative period, in both evening and morning.
Receives: Behavioral: Mindfulness Meditation
Virtual Reality GroupExperimentalVirtual reality will be experienced to the patients in the Virtual Reality Group for 15 minutes in the preoperative period, in both evening and morning.
Receives: Behavioral: Virtual Reality
Control GroupNo interventionThe patients in the Control Group will not undergo any intervention in the preoperative period and will receive the routine nursing care of the clinic.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Mindfulness meditation practice provides a positive change in surgical fear in laparoscopic cholecystectomy patients.

    In order to evaluate surgical fear, the Surgical Fear Scale will be applied twice, before and after the mindfulness meditation practice, in the preoperative period.

    Measured: the evening before and the morning of the surgery

  2. Mindfulness meditation practice provides a positive change in sleep quality in laparoscopic cholecystectomy patients.

    In order to evaluate sleep quality, the Richard Campbell Sleep Questionnaire will be applied in the preoperative period, in the morning of the surgery and in the postoperative period, in the morning after the surgery.

    Measured: in the preoperative period, in the morning of the surgery and in the postoperative period, in the morning after the surgery

  3. Mindfulness meditation practice provides a positive change in nausea in laparoscopic cholecystectomy patients.

    In order to evaluate nausea, the Numerical Rating Scale will be applied five times in the postoperative period at the 0th, 2nd, 6th, 12th, and 24th hours after the surgery.

    Measured: at postoperative 0th, 2nd, 6th, 12th and 24th hours

  4. Mindfulness meditation practice provides a positive change in pain in laparoscopic cholecystectomy patients.

    In order to evaluate the pain, the Numerical Rating Scale will be applied five times in the postoperative period at the 0th, 2nd, 6th, 12th, and 24th hours after the surgery.

    Measured: at postoperative 0th, 2nd, 6th, 12th and 24th hours

  5. Mindfulness meditation practice provides a positive change on the quality of recovery in laparoscopic cholecystectomy patients.

    In order to evaluate the recovery quality, the Quality of Recovery-15T Questionnaire will be applied in the preoperative period and in the postoperative period.

    Measured: in the preoperative period, evening before surgery and in the postoperative period, morning after surgery

  6. Mindfulness meditation practice provides a positive change on patient satisfaction in laparoscopic cholecystectomy patients.

    In order to evaluate patient satisfaction, Watson Caritas Patient Score will be applied once in the postoperative period.

    Measured: at 24 hours after surgery

  7. Virtual reality practice provides a positive change in surgical fear in laparoscopic cholecystectomy patients.

    In order to evaluate surgical fear, the Surgical Fear Scale will be applied twice, before and after the virtual reality practice, in the preoperative period.

    Measured: the evening before and the morning of the surgery

  8. Virtual reality practice provides a positive change in sleep quality in laparoscopic cholecystectomy patients.

    In order to evaluate sleep quality, the Richard Campbell Sleep Questionnaire will be applied in the preoperative period, in the morning of the surgery and in the postoperative period, in the morning after the surgery.

    Measured: in the preoperative period, in the morning of the surgery and in the postoperative period, in the morning after the surgery

  9. Virtual reality practice provides a positive change in nausea in laparoscopic cholecystectomy patients.

    In order to evaluate nausea, the Numerical Rating Scale will be applied five times in the postoperative period at the 0th, 2nd, 6th, 12th, and 24th hours after the surgery.

    Measured: at postoperative 0th, 2nd, 6th, 12th and 24th hours

  10. Virtual reality practice provides a positive change in pain in laparoscopic cholecystectomy patients.

    In order to evaluate pain, the Numerical Rating Scale will be applied five times in the postoperative period at the 0th, 2nd, 6th, 12th, and 24th hours after the surgery.

    Measured: at postoperative 0th, 2nd, 6th, 12th and 24th hours

  11. Virtual reality practice provides a positive change on the quality of recovery in laparoscopic cholecystectomy patients.

    In order to evaluate the recovery quality, the Quality of Recovery-15T Questionnaire will be applied in the preoperative period and in the postoperative period.

    Measured: in the preoperative period, evening before surgery and in the postoperative period, morning after surgery

  12. Virtual reality practice provides a positive change on patient satisfaction in laparoscopic cholecystectomy patients.

    In order to evaluate patient satisfaction, Watson Caritas Patient Score will be applied once in the postoperative period.

    Measured: at 24 hours after surgery

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Mindfulness meditation and virtual reality applications have positive effects on vital signs.

    Measured: twice in the preoperative period and five times in the postoperative period

  2. Mindfulness meditation and virtual reality applications have positive effects on blood glucose regulation.

    Measured: in the preoperative period, morning before surgery and in the postoperative period, morning after surgery

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted13 Feb 2023
  2. Study start30 Dec 2022
  3. Primary completion24 Jun 2024
  4. Study completion2 Aug 2024

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
Two different interventions (mindfulness meditation and virtual reality) will be applied to two different experimental groups before surgery. The control group has no intervention.
Masking
Double blind
Who is masked
Participant, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
160 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05724277
Sponsor's protocol ID
SeckinTez
Status last verified
Sep 2024
First submitted
2 Feb 2023
Last updated
19 Sep 2024
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Mindfulness Meditation and Virtual Reality in people with Gall Bladder Disease and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, run by Ataturk University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 19 Sep 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Mindfulness meditation practice provides a positive change in surgical fear in laparoscopic cholecystectomy patients. (time frame: the evening before and the morning of the surgery). The study lists 12 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 19 Sep 2024.

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