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A brief virtual reality intervention for pre-operative anxiety in adults.
Martinez-Bernal, Daniela; Cross, Wendi F; Hasselberg, Michael; Tapparello, Cristiano; Stenz, Colette F H; Kolokythas, Antonia.
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  • Martinez-Bernal D; UR Health Lab, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.
  • Cross WF; Department of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA. Electronic address: Wendi_cross@urmc.rochester.edu.
  • Hasselberg M; Chief Digital Health Officer, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.
  • Tapparello C; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
  • Stenz CFH; Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.
  • Kolokythas A; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Augusta, Augusta, GA, USA.
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol ; 137(3): 209-214, 2024 03.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38171998
ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:

Virtual reality (VR) is a promising non-pharmacologic tool for managing health care anxiety. We assessed the feasibility and acceptability of a pre-operative VR intervention by adult patients and medical staff and measured anxiety in adult patients pre- and post-VR intervention. STUDY

DESIGN:

We recruited 30 patients scheduled to undergo oral surgery and 8 medical staff as participants. The patients completed a verbal demographic survey and rated their anxiety before the VR intervention and at 1 minute and 2 minutes post-intervention. We administered the Acceptability of Intervention Measure to the patients to measure their perceptions of the VR intervention and the Feasibility of Intervention Measure to the medical staff to assess their perception of VR implementation. We performed an analysis of variance to compare pre-operative anxiety over time and assess demographic differences.

RESULTS:

The patients showed high and consistent acceptability of the pre-operative use of VR among patients, but acceptability varied among medical staff. The patients experienced a statistically significant reduction of pre-operative anxiety (P = .003).

CONCLUSION:

A brief VR pre-intervention is highly accepted by and very beneficial for patients undergoing oral surgery, positively affecting anxiety reduction. The perception of VR by health care providers needs to be explored to increase acceptability.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Cirugía Bucal / Procedimientos Quirúrgicos Orales / Terapia de Exposición Mediante Realidad Virtual Límite: Adult / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Cirugía Bucal / Procedimientos Quirúrgicos Orales / Terapia de Exposición Mediante Realidad Virtual Límite: Adult / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos