Virtual reality education program for women with uterine tumors treated by high-intensity focused ultrasound.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to develop and determine the effects of a nursing education program using virtual reality (VR) for women with uterine tumors undergoing treatment with high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU). Various nursing education methods need to be developed alongside new treatment methods and their effects should be clinically verified. Nursing intervention using VR has recently been attempted. The study comprises a pre- and post-test design with a non-equivalent control group. We assigned 54 women to experimental (n = 26) and control (n = 28) groups. The patients were diagnosed with benign uterine tumors and were treated with HIFU at two women's hospitals in D city. Data collected from these hospitals were analyzed using descriptive statistics, a pre-test of homogeneity, independen

SUBMITTER: Park SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10788432 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature