ArticleFrontiers in medicine2023
Effects of immersive virtual reality on sensory overload in a random sample of critically ill patients.
Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Feasibility, effectiveness and patient experience of virtual reality technology in intensive care units patients: A mixed-methods systematic review.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2026Review
- Effects of a multicomponent sleep enhancement protocol on delirium incidence in elderly critically ill surgical patients: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of intensive care · 2025Article
- Virtual reality for relaxation in intensive care unit patients: feasibility, acceptability and intervention adaptation.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2025Article
- The Effect of Different Auditory Stimuli on Vital Signs and Consciousness Level in Intensive Care Patients: Music, Nature-Based Sound and Voices of Patients' Relatives.Nursing open · 2025Article
- Are Virtual Forests Just for Relaxation, or Can They Enhance the Benefits of Therapy?Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Virtual reality for delirium prevention in mechanically ventilated ICU patients: a narrative review.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
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Abstract
Background: Sensory overload and sensory deprivation have both been associated with negative health outcomes in critically ill patients. While there is a lack of any clear treatment or prevention strategies, immersive virtual reality is a promising tool for addressing such problems, but which has not been repetitively tested in random samples. Therefore, this study aimed to determine how critically ill patients react to repeated sessions of immersive virtual reality. Methods: This exploratory study was conducted in the mixed medical-surgical intermediate care unit of the University Hospital of Bern (Inselspital). Participants ( Results: During both virtual reality sessions, there was a significant negative linear relationship found between the heart rate and stimulation duration [first session: Conclusion: The subjectively reported decrease in environmental awareness as well as the decrease in the heart rate and blood pressure over time highlights the ability of immersive virtual reality to help critically ill patients overcome sensory overload and sensory deprivation. Immersive virtual reality can successfully and repetitively be provided to a randomly selected sample of critically ill patients over a prolonged duration.
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