Necmettin Erbakan University, Faculty of Nursing, Departman of Nursing, Konya, Turkey.
Cankiri Karatekin University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Midwifery Department, Cankiri, Turkey.
Eur J Oncol Nurs. 2024 Dec;73:102711. doi: 10.1016/j.ejon.2024.102711. Epub 2024 Oct 9.
This study was conducted to determine the effect of virtual reality goggles on the psychological well-being and care burden of informal caregivers of patients hospitalized in a palliative care clinic.
Pretest-posttest randomized controlled study. It was conducted from June-October 2023 with 44 informal caregivers (22 in the control, 22 in the intervention group). Caregivers in the intervention group were shown 360° relaxing virtual reality videos with virtual reality goggles for four weeks, three days a week, 30 min per use. The control group did not receive any intervention. Data were collected using the caregiver introduction form, psychological well-being scale, caregiving burden scale, and satisfaction form for virtual reality goggles. Analyses were performed with Independent Sample T-Test and Paired Sample T-Test.
The post-test mean score of the psychological well-being scale of the intervention group was statistically significantly higher than the control group (p < 0.05). The post-test mean score of the caregiving burden scale of the control group was statistically significantly higher than the intervention group (p < 0.05). 68% of the caregivers in the intervention group were very satisfied with using virtual reality goggles. This study revealed that using virtual reality goggles increased psychological well-being and reduced the care burden of informal caregivers of patients hospitalized in a palliative care clinic.
The results of this study have revealed that virtual reality glasses can be used to support informal caregivers in palliative care. This study reveals promising results for improving the quality of patient care by supporting informal caregivers.
NCT06156540.
本研究旨在确定虚拟现实护目镜对姑息治疗诊所住院患者的非正式照护者的心理健康和照护负担的影响。
本研究为测试后随机对照研究。研究于 2023 年 6 月至 10 月进行，共有 44 名非正式照护者（对照组 22 名，干预组 22 名）参加。干预组的照护者使用虚拟现实护目镜观看四周 360°放松虚拟现实视频，每周三天，每次使用 30 分钟。对照组未接受任何干预。使用照护者介绍表、心理健康量表、照护负担量表和虚拟现实护目镜满意度表收集数据。采用独立样本 t 检验和配对样本 t 检验进行分析。
干预组心理幸福感量表的后测平均得分显著高于对照组（p<0.05）。对照组照护负担量表的后测平均得分显著高于干预组（p<0.05）。干预组 68%的照护者对使用虚拟现实护目镜非常满意。本研究表明，使用虚拟现实护目镜可以提高姑息治疗诊所住院患者的非正式照护者的心理幸福感并减轻其照护负担。
本研究结果表明，虚拟现实眼镜可用于姑息治疗中的非正式照护者。本研究为支持非正式照护者改善患者护理质量提供了有希望的结果。
NCT06156540。
