Virtual reality and hypnosis for anxiety and pain management in intensive care units: A prospective randomised trial among cardiac surgery patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Virtual reality and hypnosis are little studied in complex contexts, such as intensive care, where patients need significant physical and psychological assistance.

Objectives

To compare and combine hypnosis and virtual reality benefits on anxiety and pain on patients before and after cardiac surgery.

Design

Prospective randomised controlled clinical trial.

Setting

The study was conducted in the University Hospital of Liege (Belgium) from October 2018 to January 2020.

Patients

One hundred patients (66 ± 11.5 years; 24 women, 76 men) were included. Participants were adults undergoing cardiac surgery. Exclusion criteria: psychiatric diseases, claustrophobia, acrophobia, hearing loss, visual impairment, extreme fatigue, confusion surgery cancelled

SUBMITTER: Rousseaux F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8654253 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature