Wiederhold Mark D, Gao Kenneth, Wiederhold Brenda K
1 Virtual Reality Medical Center , San Diego, California.
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2014 Jun;17(6):359-65. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2014.0203.
Virtual reality (VR) has been used by clinicians to manage pain in clinical populations. This study examines the use of VR as a form of distraction for dental patients using both subjective and objective measures to determine how a VR system affects patients' reported anxiety level, pain level, and physiological factors. As predicted, results of self-evaluation questionnaires showed that patients experienced less anxiety and pain after undergoing VR treatment. Physiological data reported similar trends in decreased anxiety. Overall, the favorable subjective and objective responses suggest that VR distraction systems can reduce discomfort and pain for patients with mild to moderate fear and anxiety.
临床医生已使用虚拟现实（VR）技术来管理临床患者的疼痛。本研究使用主观和客观测量方法，考察VR作为一种分散牙科患者注意力的形式，以确定VR系统如何影响患者报告的焦虑水平、疼痛水平和生理因素。正如预期的那样，自我评估问卷结果显示，患者在接受VR治疗后焦虑和疼痛减轻。生理数据也呈现出焦虑减轻的类似趋势。总体而言，主观和客观的良好反应表明，VR分散注意力系统可以减轻轻度至中度恐惧和焦虑患者的不适和疼痛。
