Clinical Efficacy of Virtual Reality During Office Hysteroscopy and Endometrial Biopsy in Subfertility

Clinical Efficacy of Virtual Reality for Acute Pain and Anxiety Management During Outpatient Hysteroscopy and Endometrial Biopsy in Subfertility Patients

This study is a comparison between the current standard practice of performing a diagnostic hysteroscopy and a relatively recently developed technology that is added to the standard diagnostic hysteroscopy. The aim of the study is to find out whether this newer technology has an advantage for the patient, in the form of anxiety and pain reduction.

Inclusion Criteria:

• undergoing fertility treatments
• for which outpatient hysteroscopy has been prescribed
• for different possible indications: suspicion of intracavitary pathology, recurrent implantation failure, recurrent early pregnancy loss, …

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Hearing impairments and blindness
2. Motion sickness
3. Any known anatomical characteristics that may make performing the office procedure impossible.
4. The unwillingness of the patient to undergo an office hysteroscopy
5. Denial or withdrawal of informed consent