Department of Cardiothoracic surgery, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Nursing Sciences, Program in Clinical Health Sciences, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Patient Educ Couns. 2024 Dec;129:108394. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2024.108394. Epub 2024 Aug 10.
A Virtual Patient Tour (VPT) was developed to inform cardiac surgery patients about their hospitalization from the admission to their postoperative stay on the ward. The objective of our study was to assess the feasibility and acceptability of this VPT following the framework of the Virtual Reality Clinical Outcomes Research Experts Committee.
In this single-centre cross-sectional study, adult patients admitted to the hospital for elective cardiac surgery were included. Acceptability, usability, and tolerability were measured by the validated questionnaires Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (acceptability), System Usability Scale (usability), and Virtual Reality Sickness Questionnaire (tolerability). Descriptive statistics were used for the analysis.
Twenty-eight participants used the VPT. Results showed high acceptability (mean 16.7 ± 1.5), acceptable usability (mean 86.7 ± 9.3), and high tolerability (sickness score, median 7.1 % [0-17.1 %]).
The use of the VPT is a feasible and promising technique. The next step is to optimize the content and technique of the VPT based on the suggestions of the participants.
We recommend incorporating the VPT into preoperative patient education in addition to the routine information in cardiac surgery patients.
开发了虚拟患者之旅（VPT），以从入院到术后病房住院期间向心脏外科患者介绍他们的住院情况。我们的研究目的是根据虚拟现实临床结果研究专家委员会的框架评估这种 VPT 的可行性和可接受性。
在这项单中心横断面研究中，纳入了因择期心脏手术而住院的成年患者。接受度、可用性和耐受性通过经过验证的统一接受和使用技术理论（接受度）、系统可用性量表（可用性）和虚拟现实疾病问卷（耐受性）进行评估。采用描述性统计进行分析。
28 名参与者使用了 VPT。结果表明，接受度高（平均 16.7±1.5），可用性可接受（平均 86.7±9.3），耐受性高（疾病评分中位数 7.1%[0-17.1%]）。
使用 VPT 是一种可行且有前途的技术。下一步是根据参与者的建议优化 VPT 的内容和技术。
我们建议将 VPT 纳入心脏外科患者的常规术前患者教育之外。
