ArticleCritical care explorations2021
Virtual Reality Tailored to the Needs of Post-ICU Patients: A Safety and Immersiveness Study in Healthy Volunteers.
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- ICU-specific virtual reality for mental health after critical illness: an international three-arm randomized clinical trial.Critical care (London, England) · 2026Trial
- Effect of an intensive care unit virtual reality intervention on relatives´ mental health distress: a multicenter, randomized controlled trial.Critical care (London, England) · 2025Trial
- Intensive Care Unit-Specific Virtual Reality for Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19: Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Trial
- Could Immersive Virtual Reality Facilitate the Recovery of Survivors of Critical Illness? A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Reporting Guidelines for the Early-Phase Clinical Evaluation of Applications Using Extended Reality: RATE-XR Qualitative Study Guideline.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Virtual and augmented reality in intensive care medicine: a systematic review.Annals of intensive care · 2023Review
- Effects of virtual reality for psychological health of ICU patients: a study protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2023Article
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- Virtual Reality to Improve Sequelae of the Postintensive Care Syndrome: A Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Feasibility Study.Critical care explorations · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesICU treatments frequently result in long-term psychologic impairments, negatively affecting quality of life. An effective treatment strategy is still lacking. The aim of this study was to describe and evaluate the safety and immersiveness of a newly designed ICU-specific virtual reality module.
designA randomized controlled healthy volunteer trial.
settingICU of the Franciscus Gasthuis & Vlietland Hospital (Rotterdam, the Netherlands), a large teaching hospital.
participantsForty-five virtual reality-naive healthy volunteers.
interventionsVolunteers were randomized to three arms: the head-mounted display virtual reality group ( MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN
resultsVolunteers in the head-mounted display virtual reality group experienced more mild symptoms of simulator sickness, expressed as symptoms of dizziness (
conclusionsICU-specific virtual reality appears safe and more immersive than 2D, implicating that ICU-specific virtual reality is feasible for clinical use. One should however be aware of simulator sickness-related symptoms. Future research is needed to confirm these findings in survivors of critical illness.
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