Observational studyBrazilian journal of anesthesiology (Elsevier)
Effect of virtual reality on preoperative anxiety in patients undergoing septorhinoplasty.
Observational study in Brazilian journal of anesthesiology (Elsevier). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Interventions for Perioperative Anxiety in Adults: A Systemic Review With Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical nursing · 2025Pooled it
- Virtual Reality Distraction for Reducing Pain and Anxiety During Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis with Trial Sequential Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- The Role of ChatGPT in Reducing Preoperative Anxiety in Patients Planning to Undergo Rhinoplasty.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2026Trial
- Effect of virtual reality on perioperative anxiety, stress and pain in total hip arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial.BMC anesthesiology · 2025Trial
- The effect of virtual reality on anxiety, stress, and hemodynamic parameters during cesarean section: A randomized controlled clinical trial.Saudi medical journal · 2022Trial
- Effects of immersive virtual reality and non-immersive video distraction on preoperative anxiety in patients undergoing elective abdominal surgery: a three-arm randomised controlled trial.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Patients' willingness and needs for ICU virtual reality visits before elective surgery: a qualitative study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Novel Virtual Reality Intervention for Stress Reduction Among Patients With or at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease: Mixed Methods Pilot Study.JMIR cardio · 2025Article
- Management of Preoperative Anxiety via Virtual Reality Technology: A Systematic Review.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Review
- Current Clinical and Educational Uses of Immersive Reality in Anesthesia: Narrative Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Review
- Immersive virtual reality rehabilitation after lower limb surgery in paediatric patients.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicine · 2025Article
- The effect of virtual reality distraction on haemodialysis patients' pain and anxiety during arteriovenous fistula puncture: a randomised controlled trial.Journal of research in nursing : JRN · 2024Article
- Virtual Reality for Pain and Anxiety Management in Cardiac Surgery and Interventional Cardiology.JACC. Advances · 2024Review
- Acceptability, feasibility, and user satisfaction of a virtual reality relaxation intervention in a psychiatric outpatient setting during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- A bibliometric analysis of preoperative anxiety research (2001-2021).Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThe aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of a virtual reality video on preoperative anxiety, hemodynamic parameters, and patient satisfaction in patients undergoing septorhinoplasty.
methodsThis was a prospective, observational cohort trial. Forty patients between the ages of 18...65 who were scheduled for elective septorhinoplasty, with an American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I...II were included in the study. Patients experienced a 15-minute virtual reality (VR) video via a phone using a VR device. A three-dimensional, 360.. video depicted the beauty of nature and was accompanied by meditation music. PATIENTS: .. oxygen saturation values, heart rate, and blood pressure were monitored and recorded. Using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory scale, anxiety scores and hemodynamic parameters were compared before and after VR application.
resultsMedian anxiety scores decreased significantly from 40.5 to 34 (p.ß<.ß0.001). VR also had positive effects on hemodynamic parameters.
conclusionsVR reduces preoperative anxiety and has positive effects on hemodynamic parameters in patients undergoing septorhinoplasty. We anticipate that VR will be increasingly used as a non-pharmacological preoperative approach in the future.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.