Improving the Intensive Care Patient Experience With Virtual Reality—A Feasibility Study
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Objectives: Patients’ stays in the ICU are often characterized by prolonged immobility, sedation, disrupted sleep, and extended periods of pain, which put ICU patients at greater risk for ICU-acquired weakness and delirium-related mortality. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of using meditative virtual reality to improve the hospital experience of ICU patients. Design: Final report of prospective observational trial. Setting: Surgical and trauma ICUs of the University of Florida Health, an academic hospital. Patients: Fifty-nine nonintubated adult ICU patients without delirium at recruitment. Interventions: Patients were exposed to sessions of commercially available meditative virtual reality applications focused on calmness and relaxation, performed once daily for up to 7 days. Measurements and Main Results: Outcome measures included pain level, pain medication administration, anxiety, depression, sleep quality, heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, delirium status, and patient ratings of the virtual reality system. Comparisons were made using paired t tests and mixed models. The virtual reality meditative intervention improved patients’ ICU experience with reduced levels of anxiety and depression; however, there was no evidence that virtual reality had significant effects on physiologic measures, pain, or sleep. Conclusions: The use of meditative virtual reality technology in the ICU was easily implemented and well-received by patients.
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- Ong, T. L., Ruppert, M. M., Akbar, M., Rashidi, P., Ozrazgat-Baslanti, T., Bihorac, A., & Suvajdzic, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Florida (US)
- University of Florida Health (US)
- ), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
- Digital Worlds Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
- Corresponding author
- Bihorac, Azra
- Venue
- Critical Care Explorations
- Published
- 2020-06
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- e0122
- ISSN
- 2639-8028 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7314318
- OpenAlex
- W3035103126
- Cited by
- 80
- References
- 18
- Citations by year
- 2026: 12 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 2
- FWCI
- 6.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Critical Care Explorations (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation (1750192)
- University of Florida (UL1TR000064, R01 GM110240, P50 GM-111152)
- National Institutes of Health (UL1TR001427, UL1TR000064, TR000064)
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM-111152, P50GM111152, R01GM110240)
- National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (R21EB027344)
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (TR000064)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine › Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Music Therapy and Health
- Keywords
- virtual reality, intensive care unit patients, patient experience, anxiety, depression, sleep quality, pain, delirium, ICU-acquired weakness, sedation, feasibility, relaxation
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