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Evaluation of the Impact of Virtual Reality on Sedation Use in Patients Undergoing Regional Anesthesia for Scheduled Orthopedic Surgery

Evaluation of the Impact of Virtual Reality on Sedation Use in Patients Undergoing Regional Anesthesia for Scheduled Orthopedic Surgery

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18 years and older
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Overview

The VIRTUALR study evaluates the effect of virtual reality combined with hypnosis on anxiety in patients undergoing orthopedic surgery under regional anesthesia. Patients are randomly assigned to two groups: one group receiving virtual reality and a control group without the device. Anxiety and satisfaction questionnaires are used to compare the two groups.

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Signed informed consent
  • Patient affiliated with or benefiting from a social security system
  • Patient aged 18 years or older
  • Patient requiring regional anesthesia for scheduled orthopedic surgery of the upper or lower limb

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patient refusal to participate in the study
  • Device interfering with the surgical or anesthetic procedure
  • Premedication before arrival in the operating room
  • Psychiatric or cognitive disorders, communication disorders
  • Patient unable to understand the study (language barrier, psychological issues)
  • Emergency surgery

Study details
    Orthopedic Procedure
    Anesthesia
    Sedation

NCT07013695

Centre Hospitalier Eure-Seine

21 October 2025

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