Overview
Breast cancer surgery patients may experience anxiety and depression before and after surgery. Health education can help patients understand the surgical process and postoperative care, but traditional education may not always be easy to understand.
This study evaluates whether augmented reality (AR) health education videos can help reduce anxiety and depression in postoperative breast cancer patients. Participants are randomly assigned to one of two groups. One group receives routine health education plus AR health education videos, and the other group receives routine health education only.
The study compares changes in anxiety, depression, and selected physiological indicators between the two groups before and after surgery.
Description
This is a randomized controlled study. Eligible breast cancer surgery patients are randomly assigned to an AR health education group or a routine health education group.
Participants in the AR health education group receive routine perioperative health education plus AR health education videos. Participants in the routine health education group receive routine perioperative health education only.
An outcome assessor who is blinded to group allocation collects questionnaire data before surgery, on postoperative day 1, and on postoperative day 2. Anxiety is measured using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-State Anxiety Scale (STAI-S), and depression is measured using the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II). Physiological indicators, including heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation, are also collected.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Female patients aged 18 years or older with breast cancer.
- Breast cancer confirmed by pathological examination.
- Conscious and able to communicate in Mandarin or Taiwanese.
- No visual or hearing impairment.
- Willing to participate in this study and provide informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with brain metastasis, dementia, or cognitive impairment.
- Patients currently taking antidepressants, anxiolytics, or other psychiatric medications.
- Patients diagnosed with psychiatric disorders.
- Patients with a history of hypertension.
