It's prospective single-center, randomized, single-blind, prospective study (1:1, 2 group randomization) comparing a group of patients who benefited from the use of the virtual reality headset to a group of patients who received standard care during balloon insertion. Two groups of patients will be formed: a standard care group and a standard care + virtual reality group.~The study will take place at the Saint-Etienne University Hospital Center in the gynecology-obstetrics department.~The principal objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of the use of a virtual reality helmet on the reduction of pain during the insertion of an intra-cervical balloon for childbirth induction versus the use of standard care.
The labor induction concerns 22% of births in France. In the event of labor induction, in almost two thirds of cases, a cervical ripening method is used and the use of mechanical methods is observed for 8% of cervical ripening. Intra-cervical balloon placement is generally well tolerated but is frequently associated with pain and acute anxiety. There are few options for pain relief. Virtual reality, a relatively new intervention, has been studied as a distraction technique for pain relief, but never in the context of the induction of childbirth.