A Comparison between the Use of Patient-worn Virtual Reality in Wound Care and Hand Surgery: How Does Virtual Reality Work?

ABSTRACT: As virtual reality (VR) technology becomes smaller and more affordable, it is gaining in popularity as a tool to address the patient experience of pain and anxiety during invasive procedures. In this study, we explore the effect of VR on the patient experience in two clinical environments of different anxiety levels to propose a possible mechanism of VR on pain and anxiety reduction.

Method

Twenty-five wound care patients were randomly assigned to either a VR group or non-virtual reality (NVR) group, singly blinded. Pre-debridement, peri-debridement, and immediately postdebridement anxiety, fun, and pain scores were collected using a Likert scale (0 = least; 10 = most) from each group of patients. These measurements were compared among the VR versus NVR group in the setting of routi

SUBMITTER: Park SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10412433 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature