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An affordable platform for virtual reality-based patient education in radiation therapy
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PURPOSE: The goal of this study was to develop and assess the effectiveness of an affordable smartphone-based virtual reality (VR) patient education platform with 360-degree videos produced depicting a first-person patient perspective during the radiation therapy (RT) care path to reduce patient anxiety. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Three disease site-specific (breast, pelvis, head and neck) VR videos were filmed using a 360-degree camera to portray the first-person perspective of a patient's standard RT appointments, including a computed tomography simulation and the first RT treatment session. Instruction is given for possible clinical implementation. Patient participation was divided into 2 groups: (1) Group A (n = 28) included patients participating before simulation and later after the first treatment, and (2) Group B (n = 33) included patients participating only while undergoing treatment. Patients viewed their disease site-specific video using an inexpensive cardboard VR viewer and their smartphone, emulating an expensive VR-headset. Surveys were administered assessing patient anxiety, comfort, satisfaction, and knowledge of RT on a 5-point Likert-type scale. RESULTS: Patients in Group A and Group B while undergoing treatment both indicated that their anxiety "decreased a little" in the survey, after watching the VR video (Group A, median on a 5-point Likert-type scale, 4 [IQR, 4-5]; Group B, 4 [IQR, 4-4]). The VR aspect of the videos was especially liked by patients while undergoing treatment, with 96.4% in Group A and 90.9% in Group B reporting that the VR aspect of the videos was helpful. All Group A participants believed that the VR videos would be beneficial to new patients. CONCLUSIONS: Our affordable VR patient education platform effectively immerses a patient in their care path from simulation through initial treatment delivery, reducing anxiety and increasing familiarity with the treatment process.
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- Authors
- Schulz, J. B., Dubrowski, P., Blomain, E., Million, L., Qian, Y., Marquez, C., & Yu, A. S.
- Affiliations
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- Corresponding author
- Yu, Amy S.
- Venue
- Practical Radiation Oncology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2023-11
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- e475-e483
- ISSN
- 1879-8500 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4385144569
- Cited by
- 26
- References
- 17
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 2
- FWCI
- 4.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
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- Practical Radiation Oncology (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Stanford University
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
- Social Sciences › Education › Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Augmented Reality Applications
- Keywords
- virtual reality, patient education, radiotherapy, patient anxiety, 360-degree video, smartphone-based VR, CT simulation, treatment planning, patient satisfaction, breast cancer, pelvic cancer, head and neck cancer
- MeSH terms
- Virtual Reality, Breast, Humans, Patient Education as Topic
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