Effects of Virtual Reality Application and Progressive Relaxation Exercise

Launched by CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY · Mar 20, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is exploring how using virtual reality and progressive relaxation exercises might help pregnant women manage stress and improve their well-being during pregnancy. The study will involve 78 women who are at least 32 weeks pregnant and do not have any serious pregnancy complications. Women who want to participate must be able to communicate well, read and write in Turkish, and have no mental health issues.

If you meet these criteria and decide to join the study, you will be randomly assigned to one of the groups using a special method to ensure fairness. While the study is not currently recruiting participants, it aims to provide more insights into the benefits of virtual reality and relaxation techniques for pregnant women, helping them have a better experience as they prepare for childbirth.

Gender

FEMALE

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Voluntary participation
• • No communication difficulties (no mental retardation, no visual/hearing impairment)
• • Knowing Turkish and being literate
• • No fetal anomalies
• • Being in the 32nd week of pregnancy
• • Not being diagnosed with a risky pregnancy (multiple pregnancy, premature rupture of membranes, preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, placenta previa, etc., pregnancies may end with a cesarean section)
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Having a psychiatric disease diagnosis