Virtual reality stimulation to reduce the incidence of delirium in critically ill patients: study protocol for a randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Delirium has been long considered as a major contributor to cognitive impairments and increased mortality following a critical illness. Pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic strategies are used against delirium in the intensive care unit (ICU), despite these strategies remaining controversial. Previous studies have shown the feasibility of using virtual reality within the ICU setting, and we propose to use this technology to investigate the effect of immersive virtual reality stimulation on the incidence of delirium in the ICU. Moreover, we propose to use motion sensors to determine if patient movement patterns can lead to early prediction of delirium onset.

Methods

This study is conducted as a randomized clinical trial. A total of 920 critically ill patients in the

SUBMITTER: Naef AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7923502 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature