Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40955916›Full record

Trial reportRevista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P2025

Experience of heart failure patients in mobilization with virtual reality: mixed methods study.

Larissa Gussatschenko Caballero, Iasmin Borges Fraga, Carlos Eduardo Maciel Tremea, Gabrielle Perin, Janaína Dos Santos Prates, Pedro Dal Lago, João Lucas Campos de Oliveira, Eneida Rejane Rabelo-Silva

Registry-linked trialAbstract readComparative StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Trial report in Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05596292 (Sensation of Dyspnea and Experience of Patients With Decompensated Heart Failure Undergoing an Early Mobilization Protocol With Immersive Virtual Reality), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from 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.

2 · The registry

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.

NCT05596292 naunknown statusnot on this map

Sensation of Dyspnea and Experience of Patients With Decompensated Heart Failure Undergoing an Early Mobilization Protocol With Immersive Virtual Reality: a Clinical Trial Protocol

TypeinterventionalSponsorHospital de Clinicas de Porto AlegreRan2022 to 2024Enrolled66ConditionsDecompensated Heart FailureArmsImmersive Virtual Reality glasses, early mobilization protocol
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Larissa Gussatschenko CaballeroUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-4932-9216
Iasmin Borges FragaUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Cardiologia e Ciências Cardiovasculares, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-9874-5646
Carlos Eduardo Maciel TremeaUniversidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Departamento de Fisioterapia, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.ORCID 0009-0009-0750-0255
Gabrielle PerinUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Escola de Enfermagem, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.ORCID 0009-0001-2823-5595
Janaína Dos Santos PratesUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Escola de Enfermagem, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-3257-9988
Pedro Dal LagoUniversidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Departamento de Fisioterapia, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-9907-7689
João Lucas Campos de OliveiraUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-1822-2360
Eneida Rejane Rabelo-SilvaUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-4374-4419

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo compare the effects of up to three sessions of an early mobilization protocol combined with immersive virtual reality (VR) versus early mobilization alone in the experience of patients with acutely decompensated heart failure.

methodsComplex mixed methods study with adult patients admitted to the intensive care unit. The Intervention Group (IG) underwent mobilization combined with immersive virtual reality and the Control Group (CG), isolated mobilization. The tool Net Promoter Score (NPS) and the Likert scale were used to assess patients' experience. In the qualitative approach, interviews were conducted with open questions.

resultsSixty patients participated in the study, 44 (73.3%) men, mean age 59.7 ± 12.2. The procedure was recommended by 23 (76.7%) in the IG and by 24 (80%) in the CG. The mobilization experience was classified as good or excellent by 28 (93.3%) in the IG and 26 (83.7%) in the CG. Qualitative analyses revealed three categories: "Psychological Effects", "Physical Performance" and "Innovation".

conclusionCombining virtual reality with early mobilization provided a more positive experience for patients. ClinicalTrials.gov with number NCT05596292.

Indexed as

Heart FailureVirtual RealityAdultAgedFemaleHumansIntensive Care UnitsMaleMiddle Aged

Identifiers

PMID40955916
PMCPMC12439534

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

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.