Overview
The goal of this clinical trial is to test virtual reality in adolescents undergoing minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum surgery. The main questions it aims to answer
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- Can virtual reality decrease anxiety in adolescents on the day of the surgery?
- Can virtual reality be used as a pain modulator in adolescents in postoperative care? Participants will be asked to wear a VR headset for a minimum of 1 hour before and after the surgery. Patients will be asked to fill out three anxiety tests: on admission, in the operating room and on the surgical ward on the day after surgery.
Researchers will compare VR group to control group to see if anxiety and pain was different among those who recieved the VR headset.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patient between 14-18 years old
- reported chest deformity (pectus excavatum/ carinatum)
- patients undergoing MIRPE surgery in general anesthesia
- Hungarian fluency
- willing to comply with study procedures.
Exclusion Criteria:
- gross cognitive impairment that would interfere with the ability to consent or complete study procedures.
- Head injury
- Head infection
- Altered mental status (independently from midazolam)
- Scabies or louse
- Dizziness or vertigo
- Blindness or severe vision loss
- Lack of parental/ guardian or patient consent
- Those, who has a head deformity, so VR headset does not fit well