Effect of a virtual reality program on patient comfort in the surgical intensive care unit of a French university hospital: study protocol for a monocentric, prospective, superiority, randomised controlled trial–ZION study
Introduction Admission to a surgical intensive care unit (ICU) following major surgery is associated with a number of discomforts, not only related to the disease itself but also to the care provided or the ICU environment itself (lights, sounds, pain, sleep deprivation, thirst, etc). This discomfor...
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| author | Osama Abou-Arab Pierre Huette Guillaume Haye Mathieu Guilbart Momar Diouf Christophe Beyls Herve Dupont Yazine Mahjoub Jonathan Meynier Thomas Lefebvre Azrat Ibrahima Guillaume Bayart Adrien Coupez Patricia Besserve Camille Daumin Stéphanie Malaquin Colin Devos Estelle Josse Louis Gibert |
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| description | Introduction Admission to a surgical intensive care unit (ICU) following major surgery is associated with a number of discomforts, not only related to the disease itself but also to the care provided or the ICU environment itself (lights, sounds, pain, sleep deprivation, thirst, etc). This discomfort is real and can be associated with psychological consequences. We hypothesised that the use of immersive virtual reality (IVR) with HypnoVR is feasible and can help reduce discomfort in intensive care.Methods and analysis The ZION trial is a prospective, monocentric trial randomising 194 patients admitted to a surgical ICU after a major surgery. The inclusion criterion is patients admitted to a surgical ICU for at least 48 hours following major surgery (cardiac, thoracic or major abdominal surgery). Patients will be allocated to the intervention group (n=97) or the control group (n=97). In the intervention group, patients will receive IVR using HypnoVR two times a day during the ICU stay (2–5 days). In the control group, postoperative care will be conducted according to standard care without IVR. The primary endpoint will be the 18-item IPREA (Inconforts des Patients de REAnimation) questionnaire on the day of ICU discharge. The secondary endpoints will include intensity of discomfort symptoms (anxiety, pain, dyspnoea, thirst and sleep deprivation); the 18-Item IPREA Questionnaire assessed daily from randomisation to the V1 follow-up visit (ICU discharge); incidence of delirium; cumulative morphine consumption at ICU discharge; length of ICU stay and anxiety or depression at 1 month after discharge from intensive care and patient experience of device use.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval was obtained from the institutional review board of the University Hospital of Amiens (Registration number ID: 2024-A01528-39) in January 2025.Trial registration number NCT06830369. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0c50de512dfe40b59cf77a97508b79952025-08-20T03:13:29ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552025-07-0115710.1136/bmjopen-2025-101243Effect of a virtual reality program on patient comfort in the surgical intensive care unit of a French university hospital: study protocol for a monocentric, prospective, superiority, randomised controlled trial–ZION studyOsama Abou-Arab0Pierre Huette1Guillaume Haye2Mathieu Guilbart3Momar Diouf4Christophe Beyls5Herve Dupont6Yazine Mahjoub7Jonathan Meynier8Thomas Lefebvre9Azrat Ibrahima10Guillaume Bayart11Adrien Coupez12Patricia Besserve13Camille Daumin14Stéphanie Malaquin15Colin Devos16Estelle Josse17Louis Gibert18Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospital, Amiens, FranceDepartment of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospital, Amiens, FranceDepartment of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospital, Amiens, FranceDepartment of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospital, Amiens, FranceDepartment of Statistics, University Hospital, Amiens, FranceDepartment of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospital, Amiens, FranceDepartment of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospital, Amiens, FranceDepartment of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospital, Amiens, FranceDepartment of Statistics, University Hospital, Amiens, FranceDepartment of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospital, Amiens, FranceDepartment of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospital, Amiens, FranceDepartment of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospital, Amiens, FranceDepartment of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospital, Amiens, FranceDepartment of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospital, Amiens, FranceDepartment of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospital, Amiens, FranceDepartment of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospital, Amiens, FranceDepartment of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospital, Amiens, FranceClinical Research Centre, University Hospital, Amiens, FranceDepartment of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospital, Amiens, FranceIntroduction Admission to a surgical intensive care unit (ICU) following major surgery is associated with a number of discomforts, not only related to the disease itself but also to the care provided or the ICU environment itself (lights, sounds, pain, sleep deprivation, thirst, etc). This discomfort is real and can be associated with psychological consequences. We hypothesised that the use of immersive virtual reality (IVR) with HypnoVR is feasible and can help reduce discomfort in intensive care.Methods and analysis The ZION trial is a prospective, monocentric trial randomising 194 patients admitted to a surgical ICU after a major surgery. The inclusion criterion is patients admitted to a surgical ICU for at least 48 hours following major surgery (cardiac, thoracic or major abdominal surgery). Patients will be allocated to the intervention group (n=97) or the control group (n=97). In the intervention group, patients will receive IVR using HypnoVR two times a day during the ICU stay (2–5 days). In the control group, postoperative care will be conducted according to standard care without IVR. The primary endpoint will be the 18-item IPREA (Inconforts des Patients de REAnimation) questionnaire on the day of ICU discharge. The secondary endpoints will include intensity of discomfort symptoms (anxiety, pain, dyspnoea, thirst and sleep deprivation); the 18-Item IPREA Questionnaire assessed daily from randomisation to the V1 follow-up visit (ICU discharge); incidence of delirium; cumulative morphine consumption at ICU discharge; length of ICU stay and anxiety or depression at 1 month after discharge from intensive care and patient experience of device use.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval was obtained from the institutional review board of the University Hospital of Amiens (Registration number ID: 2024-A01528-39) in January 2025.Trial registration number NCT06830369.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/7/e101243.full |
| spellingShingle | Osama Abou-Arab Pierre Huette Guillaume Haye Mathieu Guilbart Momar Diouf Christophe Beyls Herve Dupont Yazine Mahjoub Jonathan Meynier Thomas Lefebvre Azrat Ibrahima Guillaume Bayart Adrien Coupez Patricia Besserve Camille Daumin Stéphanie Malaquin Colin Devos Estelle Josse Louis Gibert Effect of a virtual reality program on patient comfort in the surgical intensive care unit of a French university hospital: study protocol for a monocentric, prospective, superiority, randomised controlled trial–ZION study BMJ Open |
| title | Effect of a virtual reality program on patient comfort in the surgical intensive care unit of a French university hospital: study protocol for a monocentric, prospective, superiority, randomised controlled trial–ZION study |
| title_full | Effect of a virtual reality program on patient comfort in the surgical intensive care unit of a French university hospital: study protocol for a monocentric, prospective, superiority, randomised controlled trial–ZION study |
| title_fullStr | Effect of a virtual reality program on patient comfort in the surgical intensive care unit of a French university hospital: study protocol for a monocentric, prospective, superiority, randomised controlled trial–ZION study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of a virtual reality program on patient comfort in the surgical intensive care unit of a French university hospital: study protocol for a monocentric, prospective, superiority, randomised controlled trial–ZION study |
| title_short | Effect of a virtual reality program on patient comfort in the surgical intensive care unit of a French university hospital: study protocol for a monocentric, prospective, superiority, randomised controlled trial–ZION study |
| title_sort | effect of a virtual reality program on patient comfort in the surgical intensive care unit of a french university hospital study protocol for a monocentric prospective superiority randomised controlled trial zion study |
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