The Effect of Virtual Reality Glasse on Pain and Anxiety During Episiotomy Repair

Launched by KIRKLARELI UNIVERSITY · Jan 6, 2022

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ClinConnect Summary

Episiotomy is one of the common surgical operations that can cause anxiety in women and have side effects such as pain. Nerve blockades with analgesic effect such as lidocoin used during episiomy repair or the use of tranquilizers and sleep-inducing drugs used to reduce anxiety during this procedure may have side effects.This research was planned to determine the effect of virtual reality glasses and skin-to-skin contact application on pain and anxiety during episiotomy repair.This study is A prospective, double-blinded randomized controlled trial. Participants will randomized into VR, skin...

Gender

FEMALE

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 20-40 years old,
• • 37-42. to be in the week of pregnancy,
• • Singular pregnancy, being primiparous,
• • Mediolateral episiotomy,
• • Having a planned vaginal birth,
• • Having a vertex presentation,
• • Newborn APGAR score of 7 and above,
• • Newborn weighing between 2-4 kg,
• • Signing the voluntary consent form, who has not used a non-pharmacological method before
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Obstetric or non-obstetric complications
• • Any obstetric complication or bleeding that requires urgent action,
• • Using sedative drugs before and during episiotomy repair (except lidocaine applied in hospital routine),
• • A condition that does not require episiotomy repair (small amounts of separation, etc.),
• • Lacerations other than episiotomy (anal sphincter injury, 3rd or 4th degree laceration), episiotomies below 2 cm and above 4 cm,
• • Instrument delivery (vacuum or forceps),
• • Postpartum complications in the newborn,
• • Chronic disease (Diabetes Mellus, thyroid, Hypertension),
• • Regular drug use
• • Having any problems that prevent communication (such as not knowing Turkish, hearing, speaking and understanding problems),
• • Psychiatric treatment (Pharmacotherapy or psychotherapy).