Abstract
Background
Although the port catheters have many beneficial effects on the patient's quality
of life, it was reported in the literature that patients experience pain in the incision
area after the implantation or anxiety before, during or, after the implantation.Distraction
is a simple and effective method in the management of pain and anxiety.
Aims
To determine the effect of virtual reality (VR) distraction intervention on pain,
anxiety, and vital signs of oncology patients undergoing port catheter implantation.
Design
Randomized controlled study
Methods
The study was carried out with 139 participants (69 intervention, 70 control) between
September 2019 and January 2020. Data were collected before, during, and after the
implantation by using a patient identification form, State Anxiety Inventory (SAI),
a table for vital signs, and a visual analog scale for pain severity. In the intervention
group, a virtual reality device, movies, and relaxing music were provided and patients
were instructed to use it during the implantation and when they felt pain after the
implantation. There wasn't any blinding for patients or researchers throughout the
study.
Results
There was an increase in pain scores of both groups after the implantation; however,
pain scores in the intervention group were lower and there was a statistically significant
difference between the groups after the implantation. In the intervention group, there
was a decrease in anxiety, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, heart
rate, and respiratory rate, and an increase in SpO2. VR use has a great effect on
pain scores (Cohen's d = 3.023) and a great effect on SAI scores (Cohen's d = 8.770).
Conclusions
VR distraction intervention was found an effective way to reduce pain, anxiety, systolic
blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, and respiratory rate and increase
the SpO2 of the patients undergoing port catheter implantation.
Abbreviations:
pain (pain), Virtual Reality (Virtual Reality), Oncology Patients (Oncology Patients), Port Catheter Implantation (Port Catheter Implantation)To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: March 31, 2022
Accepted:
March 8,
2022
Received in revised form:
February 9,
2022
Received:
June 22,
2021
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