Shepherd Talia, Trinder Matthew, Theophilus Mary
General Surgery Department, SJOG Midland Public and Private Hospital, 1 Clayton St, Midland, Western Australia 6056, Australia.
The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
Surg Pract Sci. 2022 Jun 19;10:100101. doi: 10.1016/j.sipas.2022.100101. eCollection 2022 Sep.
The potential uses of Virtual Reality (VR) to educate patients perioperatively are now an emerging field of research. The objective of this scoping review is to assess the extent of the literature on how immersive VR is being used perioperatively to specifically improve patient understanding of their pathology or procedure.
A systematic search was carried out with inclusion criteria; adults (≥18 years old); use of immersive VR; perioperative setting for patient education.
Twelve studies were reviewed, the majority of which were unpowered, non-randomised experimental trials. VR was mainly used during procedure consent to show patients a 3D anatomical model of the relevant anatomy. Subjective and objective patient understanding was improved after exposure to VR.
Continuing advances in VR technology will make this option more accessible to health care settings in the future and further research in this arena should prioritise statistically powered, high quality study design.
虚拟现实（VR）在围手术期对患者进行教育的潜在用途是一个新兴的研究领域。本范围综述的目的是评估关于沉浸式VR如何在围手术期用于特别提高患者对其病理或手术的理解的文献范围。
按照纳入标准进行系统检索；成年人（≥18岁）；使用沉浸式VR；围手术期患者教育环境。
共审查了12项研究，其中大多数是无足够样本量、非随机的实验性试验。VR主要在手术同意过程中使用，向患者展示相关解剖结构的3D解剖模型。接触VR后，患者的主观和客观理解得到了改善。
VR技术的不断进步将使未来医疗保健机构更容易采用这一方法，该领域的进一步研究应优先考虑具有统计学效力的高质量研究设计。
