Sweta V R, Abhinav R P, Ramesh Asha
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Department of Periodontology, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Ann Maxillofac Surg. 2019 Jan-Jun;9(1):110-113. doi: 10.4103/ams.ams_263_18.
Dental anxiety and anxiety-related avoidance of dental care creates significant problems for the patients and dental practitioners. Administration of local anesthesia is one of the procedures which results in increased anxiety level among patients.
The aim of this study was to study the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) as a distraction tool during the administration of local anesthesia in patients undergoing a dental procedure.
Fifty patients were randomized into two groups, namely, control group ( = 25) and study group ( = 25). Preoperative, intra-operative, and postoperative pulse rate and oxygen saturation were measured using pulse oximeter for all the patients. Local anesthesia was administered without the use of VR for the control group and with the VR for the study group.
The data were evaluated using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 20. Student's -test was used to compare the variables.
Statistically significant results were obtained for preoperative and postoperative oxygen saturation, intraoperative pulse rate, and postoperative visual analog scale pain scale.
The findings of the current study indicate that immersive VR is an effective distraction tool to alleviate the anxiety of the patient.
牙科焦虑以及与焦虑相关的对牙科护理的回避给患者和牙科从业者带来了重大问题。局部麻醉的实施是导致患者焦虑水平升高的操作之一。
本研究的目的是研究虚拟现实（VR）作为一种分散注意力的工具在接受牙科手术的患者进行局部麻醉时的有效性。
50例患者被随机分为两组，即对照组（n = 25）和研究组（n = 25）。使用脉搏血氧仪测量所有患者术前、术中和术后的脉搏率和血氧饱和度。对照组在不使用VR的情况下进行局部麻醉，研究组在使用VR的情况下进行局部麻醉。
使用社会科学统计软件包20对数据进行评估。采用学生t检验比较变量。
术前和术后血氧饱和度、术中脉搏率和术后视觉模拟疼痛量表均获得了具有统计学意义的结果。
本研究结果表明，沉浸式VR是一种有效的分散注意力工具，可减轻患者的焦虑。
