360° Virtual reality to improve patient education and reduce anxiety towards atrial fibrillation ablation.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Evaluation of (i) the effects of a virtual reality (VR) preprocedural patient education video on information provision, procedure-related knowledge, satisfaction, and the level of worries in patients planned for atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation and (ii) the feasibility of a disposable cardboard VR viewer for home use in this setting.

Methods and results

In this prospective observational cohort study, patients were alternatively assigned in a 1:1 ratio to the control or VR group. Controls received standard preprocedural information. VR group received standard information and a VR video (via in-hospital VR headset and disposable cardboard). The Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS) together with additional questions concerning procedural experience

SUBMITTER: Hermans ANL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10062331 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature