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Can virtual reality help anxiety in young patients?
The 80-child study found distress fell from 3.0 to 1.0 on a 10-point scale, and nearly every parent recommended the VR session.
- Researchers in the United States used virtual reality headsets to monitor anxiety among 80 children, ages 6 to 15, before elective surgery, showing reduced distress and lower heart rates.
- Pre-Surgery anxiety often complicates anesthesia induction and prolonged recovery, prompting researchers to test virtual reality as a non-drug alternative to traditional pharmacological sedation.
- Findings published in PLOS Digital Health show 57.5% of children met thresholds for clinically meaningful distress improvement, with average heart rates falling 5.8 beats per minute.
- Every one of the 29 nurses involved recommended the virtual reality program, which first author Walaa Abu Rukbah described as offering meaningful, safe, non-drug support to pediatric patients.
- Study leader Dayanjan Wijesinghe of Virginia Commonwealth University concluded the approach is "feasible and safe," though cautioned that without a control group, results may partly reflect natural changes over time.
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Virtual reality reduces anxiety among children awaiting surgery
Children who used a virtual reality (VR) headset before surgery showed reduced self-reported distress and fear, along with lower heart rate and blood pressure, according to a new study published November 5th in the open access journal PLOS Digital Health by Dayanjan Wijesinghe of Virginia Commonwealth University, US, and colleagues.
·Mona Vale, Australia
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Virtual reality tied to lower presurgery anxiety in kids
Children who used a virtual reality (VR) headset before surgery showed reduced self-reported distress and fear, along with lower heart rate and blood pressure, according to a new study published Nov. 5 in the journal PLOS Digital Health by Dayanjan Wijesinghe of Virginia Commonwealth University, U.S., and colleagues.
·Douglas, United Kingdom
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