The Effect of Virtual Reality Application on Pain and Anxiety Level in Stone Crushing With Shock Waves: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Launched by DUZCE UNIVERSITY · Dec 2, 2022

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ClinConnect Summary

Although urinary tract stones often remain asymptomatic at first, they can cause pain, hematuria, infection, decreased kidney function and kidney failure over time and can seriously affect the quality of life of people if not treated with appropriate methods.

Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) has been practiced as a treatment method to remove urolithiasis from the kidneys and ureters since the early 1980s.

The process is based on the principle that the sound waves obtained from a source other than the body are turned into shock waves and sent to the stone and the stone is broken...

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ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Applying to the stone crushing unit for the first time
• • Body mass index below 30
• • Those aged 18-65 who are literate and have no vision or hearing problems
• • Have not taken any analgesics other than the analgesic routinely administered before the procedure
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Untreated urinary tract infections
• • Severe skeletal system malformations that prevent focusing on the stone
• • Severe obesity
• • Arterial aneurysm near the stone
• • Patients with anatomical obstruction conditions in the distal part of the stone

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