Trial reportCardiology journal2019
OCULUS study: Virtual reality-based education in daily clinical practice.
Trial report in Cardiology journal, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03104231 (OCULUS), which is not on this map. Cited by 16 papers.
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OCULUS: a 3-D Movie to Improve Patient Compliance
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Enhancing Quality of Life in Ostomized Patients Through Smart-Glasses-Supported Health Education: A Pre-Post Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Extended reality in cardiovascular care: a systematic review.European heart journal. Digital health · 2025Review
- Systematic analysis of anatomy virtual reality (VR) apps for advanced education and further applications.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Virtual Reality for Patient Education about Hypertension: A Randomized Pilot Study.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2023Article
- Lessons on Health Literacy and Communication in Post-Stroke Rehabilitation:: A Primer and Proposal.Delaware journal of public health · 2023Article
- Virtual reality in the management of patients with low back and neck pain: a retrospective analysis of 82 people treated solely in the metaverse.Archives of physiotherapy · 2023Article
- Virtual reality psychological intervention helps reduce preoperative anxiety in patients undergoing carotid artery stenting: a single-blind randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- New perspectives in patient education for cardiac surgery using 3D-printing and virtual reality.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
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- Does virtual reality in the perioperative setting for patient education improve understanding? A scoping review.Surgery in practice and science · 2022Review
- Coordinating Health Care With Artificial Intelligence-Supported Technology for Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- Physiotherapist beliefs and perspectives on virtual reality-supported rehabilitation for the assessment and management of musculoskeletal shoulder pain: a focus group study protocol.HRB open research · 2021Article
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- Exploring the Learning Efficacy of Digital Forensics Concepts and Bagging & Tagging of Digital Devices in Immersive Virtual Reality.Forensic science international Digital investigation · 2020Article
- Randomized controlled clinical trials versus real-life atrial fibrillation patients treated with oral anticoagulants. Do we treat the same patients?Cardiology journal · 2020Article
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11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundAtrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with high risk of stroke and other thromboembolic complications. The OCULUS study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the three-dimensional (3D) movie in teaching patients about the consequences of AF and pharmacological stroke prevention.
methodsThe study was based on a questionnaire and included 100 consecutive patients (38% women, 62% with AF history). Using the oculus glasses and a smartphone, a 3D movie describing the risk of stroke in AF was shown. Similar questions were asked immediately after, 1 week and 1 year after the projection.
resultsBefore the projection 22/100 (22.0%) declared stroke a consequence of AF, while immediately after 83/100 (83.0%) (p < 0.0001) patients declared this consequence. Seven days after, stroke as AF consequence was chosen by 74/94 (78.7%) vs. 22/94 (23.4%) when compared to the baseline knowledge; p < 0.0001, a similar trend was also observed in 1-year follow-up (64/90 [71.1%] vs. 21/90 [23.3%]; p < 0.0001). Before the projection 88.3% (83/94) patients responded, that drugs may reduce the risk of stroke, and after 1 week the number of patients increased to (94/94 [100%]; p = 0.001). After 1 year 87/90 (96.7%) answered that drugs may diminish the risk of stroke (p = 0.02 in comparison to the baseline survey 78/90 [86.7%]). Use of oral anticoagulation to reduce the risk of stroke was initially chosen by 66/94 (70.2%), by 90/94 (95.7%; p < 0.0001) 7 days after and by 83/90 (92.2%; p < 0.0001) 1 year after.
conclusions3D movie is an effective tool in transferring knowledge about the consequences of AF and the pivotal role of oral anticoagulation in stroke prevention.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03104231. Registered on 28 March 2017.
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