Virtual Reality for Health Care Professionals During a Pandemic: A Pilot Program.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate the safety and use of a nature-based virtual reality (VR) experience among health care providers (HCP) during a pandemic.

Methods

Twenty-four frontline HCP participated in this crossover pilot where the viewing order of the experiences were randomized. All participants attended in-person consent, baseline, and end-of-study visits. The intervention consisted of viewing 2 nature-based scenes ("walk in the woods" and "forest of focus") through 3-D VR and with computer 4K graphic imagery. Randomization took place with regards to the viewing order (VR vs 4K computer video, scene 1 and 2). Outcomes measured were safety, acceptability and changes in intensity of anxiety feelings, resilience, emotional distress, cognitive fun

SUBMITTER: Croghan IT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8972930 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature