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The goal of this interventional study is to reduce preoperative anxiety by Virtual Reality mindfulness.
Population: all adults, able to give their consent and scheduled for surgery with high preoperative anxiety defined by Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS) score > 10. The study will recruit 100 patients in one university teaching hospital.
The main question it aims to answer is: may mindfulness by Virtual Reality reduce preoperative anxiety in patients particularly anxious for the surgery? Participants will be asked to undergo to a single mindfulness virtual reality session before the surgery.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Virtual Reality | Experimental | Each patient undergoes to a virtual reality session of mindfullness. This lasts about 30 minutes. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Virtual Reality | Device | Use of this virtual reality headset to deliver a single mindfulness session |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change from one week before surgery in anxiety on STAI score some hours before the intervention | The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) score is a validated, self reported instrument to assessing state and trait anxiety. Possible scores range from "no or low anxiety" (20-37) to "high anxiety" (45-80). Change = (one week before - some hours before the surgery and after mindfulness in virtual reality) | Up to two weeks |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Andrea Polito | Contact | 0918113510 | andrea.polito@eoc.ch |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Andrea Polito | Ospedale Beata Vergine | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Andrea Polito | Recruiting | Mendrisio | 6850 | Switzerland |
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| ID | Term |
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| D001008 | Anxiety Disorders |
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| D001523 | Mental Disorders |
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| ID | Term |
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| D064866 | Mindfulness |
| ID | Term |
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| D015928 | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy |
| D001521 | Behavior Therapy |
| D011613 | Psychotherapy |
| D004191 | Behavioral Disciplines and Activities |
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| application for mindfulness | Other | Application used to realize mindfulness in virtual reality |
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