Clinical Trial: The Efficacy of a Mindfulness-Based Virtual Reality Intervention to Reduce Pain in Postoperative Patients

U.S., May 9 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT06961695) titled 'The Efficacy of a Mindfulness-Based Virtual Reality Intervention to Reduce Pain in Postoperative Patients' on April 16.

Brief Summary: The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to evaluate whether a virtual reality (VR) mindfulness intervention can reduce anxiety and postoperative pain in adults undergoing surgery, primarily hernia and varicose vein procedures.

The main research questions are:

* Does a preoperative VR mindfulness intervention reduce anxiety before surgery?

* Does this reduction in anxiety result in lower postoperative pain compared to usual care?

* Does the intervention help prevent chronic pain two weeks afte...