Official Title: Benefits of Virtual and Augmented Reality in Neurosurgical Planning Training and Patient Communication
Status: RECRUITING
Status Verified Date: 2024-08
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: No
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: This prospective multicenter study compares standard patient-informed consent and virtual reality VR based patient-informed consent in neurosurgery regarding subjective patient comprehension patient-doctor relationship and anxiety
Detailed Description: Over the last years increasing innovations and accessibility to virtual VR and augmented reality technologies have contributed to their relevance in daily life and medical research activities Surgical specialties play a key role in introducing these technologies into to the clinical routine The main clinical applications and research fields include surgical planning and medical education Recently a few studies have shown that patients can benefit from using VR applied to the informed consent IC Nevertheless the current patient-oriented use of VR remains scarce
With the increasing demand for concepts like shared decision-making and patient-centered care optimal IC is more relevant than ever Our pilot study NCT for VR IC already shows feasibility and indicates a positive outcome in our questionnaire Following the pilot study this prospective multicenter study aims to evaluate the benefits of VR-based patient-IC in neurosurgery regarding subjective patient comprehension patient-doctor relationship and anxiety Additionally we aim to assess the cost-benefit ratio and feasibility in a clinical routine setting
Considering the increasing patient participation in decision-making VR could lead to a better understanding of complex surgical procedures improve the perioperative process for both patient and surgeon and reduce anxiety