SatisfactionNCT07027228
Virtual Reality Glasses and Music During Blood Donation on Anxiety, Vital Signs and Satisfaction of Donors
A study testing Using virtual reality glasses or listening to music and Using listening to music in people with Satisfaction, run by Necmettin Erbakan University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).
Trial summary
Blood is considered a limited resource in health centers and blood and blood products must be kept ready. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a significant decrease in life-saving blood donations. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 60 years, men onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Satisfaction
- What is being tested?
- Using virtual reality glasses or listening to music and Using listening to music
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 225 participants
- Where
- 1 siteTurkey (Türkiye)
- Study dates
- 23 Jun 2025to 23 Jul 2025
- 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 60 years
- Men only
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult
Who may be able to join
- The criteria for inclusion in the study are as follows:
- Being between the ages of 18-60,
- Having a visual, hearing or perception disorder that prevents communication,
- Having neurological, psychiatric or psychological diseases,
- Donating whole blood.
Who cannot join
- The exclusion criteria for the study are as follows:
- Having vasovagal reactions,
- Having complaints such as migraine, vertigo, active nausea, vomiting, headache,
- Not having the blood donation chair in the semi-fowler position throughout the application,
- Wanting to leave the study.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Effect of Using Virtual Reality Glasses and Music During Blood Donation on Anxiety, Vital Signs and Satisfaction of Donors: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Blood is considered a limited resource in health centers and blood and blood products must be kept ready. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a significant decrease in life-saving blood donations. In addition, negative experiences such as vasovagal reactions, painful needle sticks, psychological triggers and injuries that develop during blood donation cause donors to experience anxiety, negatively affecting their vital signs and the next donation experience. Therefore, donors should be supported by distraction techniques during blood donation.
Read the detailed description
Among the techniques used to divert attention, virtual reality glasses and music applications are frequently used. It is reported that virtual reality glasses are effective in reducing anxiety and supporting vital signs and satisfaction positively because they make you feel like you are somewhere else and music has positive effects on the human soul. This study aims to determine the effect of using virtual reality glasses and music during blood donation on donors' anxiety, vital signs and satisfaction.
A single-blind randomized controlled clinical trial design with one control and two intervention groups will be used in the study. The universe of the study will consist of donors who applied to the Blood Center of Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Medicine Hospital between June and July 2025. The sample of the study will consist of 225 male donors who meet the inclusion criteria and agree to participate in the study. Donors will be randomly assigned to 75 Intervention-1 Group (virtual reality glasses), 75 Intervention-2 Group (music) and 75 control groups using the simple randomization method. Data will be collected through face-to-face interviews with donors using the "Descriptive Characteristics Form", "State and Trait Anxiety Scale", "Vital Findings Follow-up Form" and "Satisfaction Scale". The first researcher will act as the evaluator and the second researcher will act as the implementer in the collection of data. Thus, differences between the evaluator and the implementer will be eliminated. Donors will be shown images of nature using virtual reality glasses, donors in the other group will listen to calming music, and the control group will not receive any intervention within the scope of standard practice. The data obtained from the study will be analyzed using the SPSS 22 package program and the data will be evaluated at a 95% confidence interval and a significance level of 0.05.
- Conditions
- Satisfaction
- Being tested
- Using virtual reality glasses or listening to music, Using listening to music
- Keywords
- blood donation, virtual reality, music, anxiety, vital signs, donor satisfaction
- Medical subject headings
- Personal Satisfaction, Anxiety Disorders
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Using virtual reality glasses or listening to musicOther
Donors in the intervention group will be randomly assigned and shown relaxing nature images through virtual reality glasses.
Using listening to musicOther
Donors in the intervention group will be randomly assigned and will listen to relaxing music.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Virtual reality glasses group | Experimental | This is the group where anxiety, vital signs and donor satisfaction will be evaluated using virtual reality glasses. Receives: Other: Using virtual reality glasses or listening to music |
| Music group | Experimental | This is the group where anxiety, vital signs and donor satisfaction will be evaluated using a music application. Receives: Other: Using listening to music |
| Control group | No intervention | This is the group where anxiety, vital signs and donor satisfaction will be evaluated without any intervention. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
State and Trait Anxiety Scale
The State and Trait Anxiety Scale is one of the scales frequently used in measuring anxiety. The scale consists of two parts: a 20-item "state anxiety form" and a 20-item "trait anxiety form". Individuals are asked to answer four-point Likert items (1: not at all, 2: a little, 3: a lot of the time, 4: completely) to determine what they are feeling at that moment. Since this study aims to measure donors' anxiety levels before and after blood donation, the state anxiety measuring part of the scale will be used. The scores obtained from the scale vary between 20 and 80. Although there is no anxiety threshold on the scale, a high score indicates a high anxiety level, and a low score indicates a low anxiety level.
Measured: Up to two months
Blood pressure
Individuals' blood pressure values will be determined with a sphygmomanometer.
Measured: Up to two months
Pulse
Individuals' pulse values will be determined by measuring with a pulse oximeter.
Measured: Up to two months
Oxygen saturation
Individuals' oxygen levels will be determined by measuring with a pulse oximeter.
Measured: Up to two months
Respiratory
The ventilation value of the individuals will be measured and recorded from the anterior thorax for one minute.
Measured: Up to two months
Satisfaction Scale
It is an evaluation form consisting of five statements (5: Very satisfied, 4: Satisfied, 3: Undecided, 2: Not satisfied, 1: Not satisfied at all) to determine donors' satisfaction with the virtual reality glasses and music application. An increase in the score indicates an increase in satisfaction.
Measured: Up to two months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted18 Jun 2025
- Study start23 Jun 2025
- Primary completion10 Jul 2025
- Study completion23 Jul 2025
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for SatisfactionStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Necmettin Erbakan UniversityThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
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
- Other
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 225 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Necmettin Erbakan University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Yadigar Ordu, Necmettin Erbakan University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07027228
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- Distraction Techniques
- Status last verified
- Jul 2025
- First submitted
- 26 May 2025
- Last updated
- 24 Jul 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 24 Jul 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Effect of Using Virtual Reality Glasses and Music During Blood Donation on Anxiety, Vital Signs and Satisfaction of Donors: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07027228
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- Distraction Techniques
- Conditions
- Satisfaction
- Keywords
- blood donation, virtual reality, music, anxiety, vital signs, donor satisfaction
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 225 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Necmettin Erbakan UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 23 Jun 2025 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 10 Jul 2025 (actual)
- Study completion
- 23 Jul 2025 (actual)
- First posted
- 18 Jun 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Blood is considered a limited resource in health centers and blood and blood products must be kept ready. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a significant decrease in life-saving blood donations. In addition, negative experiences such as vasovagal reactions, painful needle sticks, psychological triggers and injuries that develop during blood donation cause donors to experience anxiety, negatively affecting their vital signs and the next donation experience. Therefore, donors should be supported by distraction techniques during blood donation.
Detailed description
Among the techniques used to divert attention, virtual reality glasses and music applications are frequently used. It is reported that virtual reality glasses are effective in reducing anxiety and supporting vital signs and satisfaction positively because they make you feel like you are somewhere else and music has positive effects on the human soul. This study aims to determine the effect of using virtual reality glasses and music during blood donation on donors' anxiety, vital signs and satisfaction.
A single-blind randomized controlled clinical trial design with one control and two intervention groups will be used in the study. The universe of the study will consist of donors who applied to the Blood Center of Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Medicine Hospital between June and July 2025. The sample of the study will consist of 225 male donors who meet the inclusion criteria and agree to participate in the study. Donors will be randomly assigned to 75 Intervention-1 Group (virtual reality glasses), 75 Intervention-2 Group (music) and 75 control groups using the simple randomization method. Data will be collected through face-to-face interviews with donors using the "Descriptive Characteristics Form", "State and Trait Anxiety Scale", "Vital Findings Follow-up Form" and "Satisfaction Scale". The first researcher will act as the evaluator and the second researcher will act as the implementer in the collection of data. Thus, differences between the evaluator and the implementer will be eliminated. Donors will be shown images of nature using virtual reality glasses, donors in the other group will listen to calming music, and the control group will not receive any intervention within the scope of standard practice. The data obtained from the study will be analyzed using the SPSS 22 package program and the data will be evaluated at a 95% confidence interval and a significance level of 0.05.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 3
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Virtual reality glasses group | Experimental | Other: Using virtual reality glasses or listening to musicThis is the group where anxiety, vital signs and donor satisfaction will be evaluated using virtual reality glasses. |
| Music group | Experimental | Other: Using listening to musicThis is the group where anxiety, vital signs and donor satisfaction will be evaluated using a music application. |
| Control group | No intervention | –This is the group where anxiety, vital signs and donor satisfaction will be evaluated without any intervention. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 60 years
- Sex
- Male only
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
Key inclusion criteria (5 listed)
- Being between the ages of 18-60,
- Having a visual, hearing or perception disorder that prevents communication,
- Having neurological, psychiatric or psychological diseases,
- Donating whole blood.
Key exclusion criteria (5 listed)
- Having vasovagal reactions,
- Having complaints such as migraine, vertigo, active nausea, vomiting, headache,
- Not having the blood donation chair in the semi-fowler position throughout the application,
- Wanting to leave the study.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Using virtual reality glasses or listening to musicDonors in the intervention group will be randomly assigned and shown relaxing nature images through virtual reality glasses. | Other | Virtual reality glasses group |
| Using listening to musicDonors in the intervention group will be randomly assigned and will listen to relaxing music. | Other | Music group |
Primary outcome
State and Trait Anxiety Scale
Time frame: Up to two months
The State and Trait Anxiety Scale is one of the scales frequently used in measuring anxiety. The scale consists of two parts: a 20-item "state anxiety form" and a 20-item "trait anxiety form". Individuals are asked to answer four-point Likert items (1: not at all, 2: a little, 3: a lot of the time, 4: completely) to determine what they are feeling at that moment. Since this study aims to measure donors' anxiety levels before and after blood donation, the state anxiety measuring part of the scale will be used. The scores obtained from the scale vary between 20 and 80. Although there is no anxiety threshold on the scale, a high score indicates a high anxiety level, and a low score indicates a low anxiety level.
Blood pressure
Time frame: Up to two months
Individuals' blood pressure values will be determined with a sphygmomanometer.
Pulse
Time frame: Up to two months
Individuals' pulse values will be determined by measuring with a pulse oximeter.
Oxygen saturation
Time frame: Up to two months
Individuals' oxygen levels will be determined by measuring with a pulse oximeter.
Respiratory
Time frame: Up to two months
The ventilation value of the individuals will be measured and recorded from the anterior thorax for one minute.
Satisfaction Scale
Time frame: Up to two months
It is an evaluation form consisting of five statements (5: Very satisfied, 4: Satisfied, 3: Undecided, 2: Not satisfied, 1: Not satisfied at all) to determine donors' satisfaction with the virtual reality glasses and music application. An increase in the score indicates an increase in satisfaction.
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 24 Jul 2025.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Using virtual reality glasses or listening to music and Using listening to music in people with Satisfaction, run by Necmettin Erbakan 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 5 inclusion and 5 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 24 Jul 2025. 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?
State and Trait Anxiety Scale (time frame: Up to two months). The study lists 6 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 24 Jul 2025.