Effects of Virtual Museum Visit on Pain, Fatigue, and Anxiety in Patients Receiving Chemotherapy

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• Cancer Pain 338
• Fatigue 1,860
• Anxiety Disorders 4,868

Cancer Pain

338 studies on the registry are indexed under Cancer Pain; 71 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 64 is close to the median of 60 across 254 interventional studies indexed under Cancer Pain.

Lead sponsor

Cumhuriyet University is the lead sponsor of 128 studies on the registry; 25 are open to participants now.

Study arms

• Experimental
  Experimental: Art Therapy Intervention Group

  The Intervention Group is informed about how to use the virtual glasses and is tested. One week after the first test, the patients in the Intervention Group visit a virtual museum on the theme of the patients' choice for an average of 20 minutes using virtual glasses for a total of five consecutive weeks. In the fifth virtual tour session, which is the third and final application session, measurements (Visual Analog Scale, Hirai Cancer Fatigue Scale and Beck Anxiety Scale) are made in both groups.

  Other: Art Therapy (Virtual Museum Visit)

• No intervention
  No Intervention: Control Group

  No virtual museum visit was applied to the control group. Scales were applied to individuals. For the control group, evaluations were made with scales three times in total.

Interventions

• OtherArt Therapy (Virtual Museum Visit)

  Virtual Reality (VR) is a technology that creates simulated settings in which users can interact and experience as if they were physically there.Virtual Reality typically involves the use of a headset or glasses that display the virtual environment, as well as other input devices such as controllers or gloves that allow users to interact with the virtual world

Primary outcomes

1. Hirai Cancer Fatigue Scale

   The scale, originally named "Hirai Cancer Fatigue Scale", was developed by Kazue Hirai et al. in 2015 and consisted of 15 items . The scale is used to measure fatigue in cancer patients and has a 5-point Likert design. Each item on the scale is evaluated as 1 "not at all", 2 "very little", 3 "a little", 4 "a lot", and 5 "very much". It has 3 sub-dimensions (Physical-Mental, Activity-Related Sensitivity, and Cognitive Sensitivity). Items 1-6 on the scale constitute the Physical-Mental Sub-Dimension, items 7-12 constitute the Activity-Related Sensitivity Sub-Dimension, and items 12-15 constitute the Cognitive Sensitivity Sub-Dimension. The scale has no cut-off point. The minimum value of the scale is 15 and the maximum value is 75, with high scores indicating increased fatigue, while low scores indicating less fatigue. The validity and reliability study in our country was conducted by Mencel.

   Time frame: It will take 5 weeks to collect data three times after randomization is done. The first measurement of fatigue scale will be done in the first week, the second measurement in the third week and the third measurement in the fifth week of virtual muse

2. Visual Analog Scale (VAS)

   VAS, which evaluates the intensity of pain, is widely used in adults. The scale was developed by Price et al. as a scale consisting of a single 10 mm line that evaluates the intensity of pain. The two end definitions of the parameter to be evaluated are written at both ends of the line and the patient is asked to indicate where his/her condition is appropriate on this line by drawing a line, putting a dot, or pointing. For example, for pain, no pain is written at one end and very severe pain is written at the other end and the patient marks his/her current condition on this line. The length of the distance from the point where there is no pain to the point marked by the patient indicates the patient's pain. It has been shown that the line on which the test is applied is not affected by whether it is horizontal or vertical or by its length. The average of the values obtained for the patients is taken.

   Time frame: It will take 5 weeks to collect data three times after randomization is done. The first measurement of VAS will be done in the first week, the second measurement in the third week and the third measurement in the fifth week of virtual museum visit.

3. Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)

   The inventory was developed by Beck et al. to determine the level and frequency of anxiety symptoms experienced by individuals. The scale has a Likert design with self-assessment consisting of 21 items and is scored between 0-3. The high total score indicates the high level of anxiety experienced by the individual. The score range varies between 0-63. The scale is evaluated as 0-7 points, no anxiety symptoms, 8-15 points, mild anxiety, 16-25 points, moderate anxiety, 26-63 points, and severe anxiety symptoms. The validity and reliability study in our country was conducted by Ulusoy et al.

   Time frame: It will take 5 weeks to collect data three times after randomization is done. The first measurement of BAI will be done in the first week, the second measurement in the third week and the third measurement in the fifth week of virtual museum visit.

Publications

• Beck AT, Epstein N, Brown G, Steer RA. An inventory for measuring clinical anxiety: psychometric properties. J Consult Clin Psychol. 1988 Dec;56(6):893-7. doi: 10.1037//0022-006x.56.6.893. No abstract available. PubMed 3204199 ↗
• Hirai K, Kanda K, Takagai J, Hosokawa M. Development of the Hirai Cancer Fatigue Scale: Testing its reliability and validity. Eur J Oncol Nurs. 2015 Aug;19(4):427-32. doi: 10.1016/j.ejon.2014.12.004. Epub 2015 Feb 2. PubMed 25656217 ↗
• Price DD, McGrath PA, Rafii A, Buckingham B. The validation of visual analogue scales as ratio scale measures for chronic and experimental pain. Pain. 1983 Sep;17(1):45-56. doi: 10.1016/0304-3959(83)90126-4. PubMed 6226917 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes

Supporting information: Study protocol, Sap, Icf, Csr, Analytic code