NCT05495009

Virtual Reality, Labor Pain, Anxiety, Birth Perception

Completed NA Last updated 10 August 2022

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Standard of care+virtual reality glasses in Labor Pain in 60 participants. Completed in 12 December 2021.

Timeline

21 June 2021

Primary endpoint
12 December 2021

12 December 2021

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Abant Izzet Baysal University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	supportive care
Enrollment	60
Start date	21 June 2021
Primary completion	12 December 2021
Estimated completion	12 December 2021
Sites	1 location across Turkey (Türkiye)

Drugs / interventions tested

• Standard of care+virtual reality glasses

Conditions studied

• Labor Pain — all drugs for Labor Pain →
• Anxiety — all drugs for Anxiety →

Sponsor

Abant Izzet Baysal University

Who can join

Adults 18 to 35, female only, with Labor Pain or Anxiety. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The research was carried out in a randomized controlled trial to determine the effect of using virtual reality glasses on labor pain, anxiety, and labor perception of pregnant women. 60 pregnant women participated in the study at the Maternity and Children's Hospital located in the city center of Bolu. The data were collected via Introductory information form, Visual Comparison Scale-Pain, Visual Comparison Scale-Anxiety, labor follow-up form, Mother's Perception of Birth Scale, and virtual reality satisfaction evaluation form. Number, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Pearson chi-square, t-test for both groups were used to evaluate the data via the SPSS program. Statistical significance was accepted as p\<0.05. Pregnant women in the experimental and control groups were found to be homogeneous in terms of sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics (p\>0.05). At the beginning of labor, both pregnant groups showed similar score of the mean pain and anxiety(p\>0.05). After applying 20 minutes in the active phase and 10 minutes in the transitional phase, the mean pain and anxiety scores of the experimental group were found to be lower, and this difference was found to be statistically significant(p\<0.001). In the postpartum period, it was determined that the birth Perception Scale mean scores of the groups were similar. 90% of the pregnant women reported that they were satisfied with the virtual reality application and 93% of them reported that they would recommend this application. As a result, the use of virtual reality during birth reduces pain and anxiety at birth but does not affect the perception of birth.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Childbirth Journey Through Virtual Reality: Pain, Anxiety and Birth Perception: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
   Boyuk M, Citak Bilgin N. · · 2025 · cited 3× · PMID 39749486 · DOI 10.1002/nur.22438