Trial reportJournal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA2021
Virtual reality-based preprocedural education increases preparedness and satisfaction of patients about the catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation.
Trial report in Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06292663 (Can Preoperative Information Via Virtual Reality Affect Patient's Anxiety? A Randomized Controlled Trial and Patient Interviews), which is not on this map. Cited by 20 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Can Preoperative Information Via Virtual Reality Affect Patient's Anxiety? A Randomized Controlled Trial and Patient Interviews
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Virtual Reality Is Safe and Can Reduce In-Hospital Anxiety and Pain: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analyses and Trial Sequence Analyses.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2025Pooled it
- The Impact of Virtual-, Augmented- and Mixed Reality during Preoperative Informed Consent: A Systematic Review of the Literature.Journal of medical systems · 2025Pooled it
- Do Extended Reality Interventions Benefit Patients Undergoing Elective Cardiac Surgical and Interventional Procedures? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of clinical nursing · 2025Pooled it
- Virtual Reality and Cardiac Diseases: A Systematic Review of Applications and Effects.Journal of healthcare engineering · 2023Pooled it
- Update on Education for Families and Patients With Pediatric Heart Disease: A Focus on Technological Advancements, Procedures, and Transitions of Care: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2026Review
- Patients' willingness and needs for ICU virtual reality visits before elective surgery: a qualitative study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Extended reality in cardiovascular care: a systematic review.European heart journal. Digital health · 2025Review
- The Indispensable Role of Imaging in Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation.Acta Cardiologica Sinica · 2025Article
- VR preoperative education with sensory information alleviates perioperative anxiety and enhances delivery experience in primiparas undergoing cesarean section: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The experience of immersive virtual reality in patients with heart failure during cardiac rehabilitation: a qualitative study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Evaluating Virtual Reality Patient Education in Cardiac Surgery: Impact on Preoperative Anxiety and Postoperative Patient Satisfaction.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Comparing Conventional Physician-Led Education with VR Education for Pacemaker Implantation: A Randomized Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Visions for digital integrated cardiovascular care: HRS Digital Health Committee perspectives.Cardiovascular digital health journal · 2024Article
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- Virtual Reality for Pain and Anxiety Management in Cardiac Surgery and Interventional Cardiology.JACC. Advances · 2024Review
- Clinical application of virtual reality in patients with cardiovascular disease: state of the art.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Review
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- Virtual reality psychological intervention helps reduce preoperative anxiety in patients undergoing carotid artery stenting: a single-blind randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Virtual Reality Applications in Medicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Systematic Review.JMIR serious games · 2022Review
- The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Learning Outcomes of Medical Students in Taiwan: A Two-Year Prospective Cohort Study of OSCE Performance.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundA recent study suggested to develop and implement more interacted material for preprocedural education to decrease patients' anxiety about the atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation. This study compared the effectiveness of using either newly developed virtual reality (VR) materials (VR group) or paper-based materials (paper group) on giving AF preprocedural education.
methodsThis study consequentially enrolled 33 AF patients preparing for ablation from November 2019 to October 2020. After enrollment, patients were randomized as either paper (n = 22) or VR (n = 11) groups.
resultsIn comparison with the baseline stage, at the posteducation stage, the degree of improvement in patients' self-assessed self-efficacy on AF ablation knowledge was higher among VR group patients than those in the paper group. At the posteducation stage, the patients' satisfaction to preprocedural education and used materials were higher among the VR group than that among the paper group. In addition to meet their needs and give accurate medical information, VR group patients reported that VR materials increased the effectiveness of education, increased their preparedness for AF catheter ablation, achieved paperless purposes, and willing to recommend VR materials to others. Operators subjectively reported that the periprocedure cooperation was increased both among paper and VR group patients after preprocedural education for the details of procedure. Better preparedness of VR group patients was supported by less periprocedure pain, anxiety, and impatience than those among paper group patients.
conclusionInteractive VR-based materials are superior to the paper-based materials to provide patients immerse and imagine the journey and detail knowledge of AF catheter ablation before the procedure and better prepared patients for the procedure.
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