Enhancing Patient Experience in Office-Based Laryngology Procedures With Passive Virtual Reality.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Virtual reality (VR) has been used as nonpharmacologic anxiolysis benefiting patients undergoing office-based procedures. There is little research on VR use in laryngology. This study aims to determine the efficacy of VR as anxiolysis for patients undergoing in-office laryngotracheal procedures.

Study design

Randomized controlled trial.

Setting

Tertiary care center.

Methods

Adult patients undergoing office-based larynx and trachea injections, biopsy, or laser ablation were recruited and randomized to receive standard care with local anesthesia only or local anesthesia with adjunctive VR. Primary end point was procedural anxiety measured by the Subjective Units of Distress Scale (SUDS). Subjective pain, measured using a visual analog scale, satisfacti

SUBMITTER: Chang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7797579 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature