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Immersive Meditation for Managing Preoperative Distress.
Sponsor: Fundacao Champalimaud
Summary
This pilot randomized controlled trial (N=60) investigates the efficacy of a brief, combined Virtual Reality (VR) and mindfulness meditation intervention and a VR nature intervention for breast cancer patients in the immediate pre-surgical waiting period.
Official title: Comparing Immersive Mindfulness and Nature Interventions for Managing Preoperative Distress in Breast Cancer Patients: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
60
Start Date
2024-01-31
Completion Date
2025-03-30
Last Updated
2026-08-25
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Immersive Virtual Reality Mindfulness Meditation
An 8-minute guided breath meditation delivered via a Pico Neo 3 Head-Mounted Display using the Flow® application, set in an immersive virtual beach environment with custom Portuguese audio instruction.
Immersive Nature Virtual Reality
An 8-minute immersive virtual beach environment using the Flow® application on a Pico Neo 3 Head-Mounted Display, provided without any guided meditation or audio instruction.
Locations (1)
Champalimaud Foundation - Breast Unit
Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal