Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The use of virtual reality to educate preoperative patients has a positive impact on nurses as well as patients undergoing treatment. It can help improve patient satisfaction and improve favorable outcomes by reducing patient anxiety and proving adequate knowledge about the procedure and possible outcomes to the patient. It also reduces burden on nursing staff and counsellors. Larger and more diverse cohort studies will help us understand the wider application of this tool on the patient population. It may be difficult to apply this tool on elderly patients with failing eyesight, multiple physical comorbidities. Also, there may be reduced acceptance of this modality by older nursing staff and practitioners who may prefer the traditional verbal version for counselling. We will benefit from a combined approach of using virtual reality apps with tradition one-on-one counselling to help alleviate patient concerns and improve patient and healthcare professional satisfaction.
Source: World Journal of Clinical Cases
Authors: Ranjan K Behera, Arvind K Morya, Parul C Gupta, Arshi Singh
Language: English
Subfield: Human-Computer Interaction
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4404618949