Anxiety / Surgical Fear Scale / Experimental Group · Interventional Study

Effect of a Single Immersive Virtual Reality Session on Preoperative Surgical Fear and State Anxiety in Patients Awaiting Bariatric Surgery

ClinicalTrials.gov · August 19, 2026

Preliminary Why this matters to you Expert discussion

Early or partial results. Treat as a signal, not a conclusion.

AI Summary

This is a completed clinical trial registration for a single-arm or inadequately specified comparative study of immersive VR on preoperative anxiety in bariatric surgery patients. No results are posted in this registry record; the study cannot be evaluated for efficacy, and the evidence base remains absent.

What was studied

Interventional, Randomized, Parallel, Single masking, Prevention purpose. Virtual Reality, Surgical Fear Scale, Anxiety; age from 20 Years; to 60 Years. Intervention: VR group. Compared with: Control group — No Intervention. n = 120. 1 site: Turkey (Türkiye).

Key findings

Safety

Safety was not reported in the material analysed. Check the source before drawing any conclusion about harm.

Who this may help

The source did not state who this applies to in practice.

Plain-language summary

This is a completed registry record with no posted results; the study design and enrollment are documented but outcomes remain unreported, precluding evidence evaluation.

Study design

As stated by the source record.

MethodsPrimary outcome measure: Surgical Fear Questionnaire (SFQ) (assessed at 40 minutes)

DesignInterventional, Randomized, Parallel, Single masking, Prevention purpose

PopulationVirtual Reality, Surgical Fear Scale, Anxiety; age from 20 Years; to 60 Years

Sample size120

InterventionVR group

ComparatorControl group — No Intervention

Setting1 site: Turkey (Türkiye)

Reported figures

Quoted from the source exactly as published.

Planned enrollment120

Primary outcome measureSurgical Fear Questionnaire (SFQ), measured at 40 minutes

Intervention duration20 minutes

Caveats

This is a registry record only; no results are posted and no outcomes are reported.
Comparator group and study arm composition not specified in the registry record.
Blinding status, randomization method, and allocation concealment not described.
No effect size, p-value, confidence interval, or comparative analysis data available.

Evidence assessment

Graded across the dimensions that decide whether you should act, each from what the source actually supports. There is no single score, and where a dimension was not assessed it says so.

Study design

moderate

Interventional study with experimental group; comparator arm not stated in registry record.

Directness

moderate

Primary outcome is Surgical Fear Questionnaire, a direct measure of fear; timing at 40 minutes post-intervention stated.

Consistency

insufficient

Registry record contains no results; consistency cannot be assessed without outcome data.

Risk of bias

insufficient

Registry record does not describe blinding, randomization method, or allocation concealment.

Sample adequacy

moderate

120 participants enrolled; sample size adequate for a pilot behavioral intervention study.

What is missing. This record has no key findings. That is a gap in the analysis, not a judgement about the study.

Source abstract

Registry record from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT07774156). This is a study registration, not published results. Lead sponsor: Firat University. Recruitment status: COMPLETED. Phase: NA. Study type: INTERVENTIONAL. Enrollment: 120 participants (ACTUAL). Conditions: Virtual Reality, Surgical Fear Scale, Anxiety. Interventions: BEHAVIORAL: Experimental Group. Primary outcome measures: Surgical Fear Questionnaire (SFQ) , 40 minutes. Brief summary: To determine whether a single 20-minute immersive VR nature session delivered in the immediate preoperative period reduces surgical fear and state anxiety in patients scheduled for bariatric surgery.

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