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Virtual reality goggles may ease pain of chest tube removal in heart surgery patients

NCT ID NCT05585853

Symptom relief Sponsor: Mersin University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026

Summary

This study tested whether wearing virtual reality glasses during chest tube removal after open heart surgery can lower pain and keep vital signs stable. 82 patients on their second or third day after surgery took part. Researchers measured pain using a standard scale and tracked blood pressure, heart rate, breathing, and oxygen levels before, during, and after the procedure.

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Active substance
virtual reality glasses
What this could lead to
If it works, this could offer a drug-free way to ease pain and anxiety during a common but uncomfortable procedure after heart surgery.
What could go wrong
This is a small, single-center study with no blinding or control group, so results may not apply broadly. The effect on pain is subjective and may vary.

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Phase

Not a phased trial

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Participants

82 people

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Started

Jan 2025

Finished

Aug 2025

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

18 to 80 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Agreeing to participate in the research (signing the Informed Consent Form), * Conscious and cooperative, * Stable hemodynamic status, * Speaks and understands Turkish, * Over 18 years old, * On the 2nd and 3rd day after open heart surgery, * Having chest tube, * No sensitivity or trauma in the area (for the study group) where the virtual reality glasses will be applied, * No active COVID-19 infection, * Patients without any psychiatric diagnosis Exclusion Criteria: * Agreeing to participate in the research (signing the Informed Consent Form), * Not conscious, * Not cooperative * Unstable hemodynamic status, * Speaks and understands Turkish, * who are under the age of 18, * On the 0th or 1st day after surgery, * No chest tube, * Has sensitivity or trauma in the area (for the study group) where the virtual reality * Active COVID-19 infection, * Patients with a psychiatric diagnosis

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Conditions

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Pain

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Hemodynamic instability Pain

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Turkey, Mersin University,

    Mersin, Turkey, 33343, Turkey (Türkiye)

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