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The Effect of Virtual Reality Glasses on Vital Signs and State Anxiety Level in Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy for the First Time: A Semi-Experimental Study
Abstract
Aim: This study was conducted as a non-randomized control group experimental study to determine the effect of virtual reality glasses on vital signs and state anxiety levels in cancer patients.
Method: The sample of the study consisted of 30 patients who were assigned to the intervention and control groups by the stratified sampling method. After the chemotherapy infusion was started, the intervention group was provided with relaxing 3D videos of their choice. Both groups were re-administered the situational anxiety scale with the measurement of vital signs at the end of the chemotherapy infusion.
Results: The mean score of the post-chemotherapy state anxiety scale in the intervention group was 30.60±8.20, while in the control group it was 39.70±8.82, and this difference was statistically significantly higher (p <0.05). Although there was no statistical significance in the saturation values measured before and after chemotherapy in the intervention group, it was determined to be higher after chemotherapy (p>0.05).When the control group was examined, although there was a statistically significant difference in heart rate and saturation values (t=3.962; p=0.000, Z=-2.837; p=0.005) before chemotherapy, it was lower than the values of the intervention group.
Conclusion: As a result, virtual reality glasses had a positive effect on the anxiety levels and vital signs of the patients.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Internal Diseases Nursing
Journal Section
Research Article
Early Pub Date
April 29, 2025
Publication Date
April 29, 2025
Submission Date
June 2, 2024
Acceptance Date
April 7, 2025
Published in Issue
Year 2025 Number: 25
APA
Özdağ, S., & Vardar İnkaya, B. (2025). The Effect of Virtual Reality Glasses on Vital Signs and State Anxiety Level in Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy for the First Time: A Semi-Experimental Study. Istanbul Gelisim University Journal of Health Sciences, 25, 110-125. https://doi.org/10.38079/igusabder.1494555
AMA
1.Özdağ S, Vardar İnkaya B. The Effect of Virtual Reality Glasses on Vital Signs and State Anxiety Level in Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy for the First Time: A Semi-Experimental Study. IGUSABDER. 2025;(25):110-125. doi:10.38079/igusabder.1494555
Chicago
Özdağ, Sebile, and Bahar Vardar İnkaya. 2025. “The Effect of Virtual Reality Glasses on Vital Signs and State Anxiety Level in Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy for the First Time: A Semi-Experimental Study”. Istanbul Gelisim University Journal of Health Sciences, nos. 25: 110-25. https://doi.org/10.38079/igusabder.1494555.
EndNote
Özdağ S, Vardar İnkaya B (April 1, 2025) The Effect of Virtual Reality Glasses on Vital Signs and State Anxiety Level in Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy for the First Time: A Semi-Experimental Study. Istanbul Gelisim University Journal of Health Sciences 25 110–125.
IEEE
[1]S. Özdağ and B. Vardar İnkaya, “The Effect of Virtual Reality Glasses on Vital Signs and State Anxiety Level in Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy for the First Time: A Semi-Experimental Study”, IGUSABDER, no. 25, pp. 110–125, Apr. 2025, doi: 10.38079/igusabder.1494555.
ISNAD
Özdağ, Sebile - Vardar İnkaya, Bahar. “The Effect of Virtual Reality Glasses on Vital Signs and State Anxiety Level in Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy for the First Time: A Semi-Experimental Study”. Istanbul Gelisim University Journal of Health Sciences. 25 (April 1, 2025): 110-125. https://doi.org/10.38079/igusabder.1494555.
JAMA
1.Özdağ S, Vardar İnkaya B. The Effect of Virtual Reality Glasses on Vital Signs and State Anxiety Level in Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy for the First Time: A Semi-Experimental Study. IGUSABDER. 2025;:110–125.
MLA
Özdağ, Sebile, and Bahar Vardar İnkaya. “The Effect of Virtual Reality Glasses on Vital Signs and State Anxiety Level in Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy for the First Time: A Semi-Experimental Study”. Istanbul Gelisim University Journal of Health Sciences, no. 25, Apr. 2025, pp. 110-25, doi:10.38079/igusabder.1494555.
Vancouver
1.Sebile Özdağ, Bahar Vardar İnkaya. The Effect of Virtual Reality Glasses on Vital Signs and State Anxiety Level in Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy for the First Time: A Semi-Experimental Study. IGUSABDER. 2025 Apr. 1;(25):110-25. doi:10.38079/igusabder.1494555