When virtual reality supports patients’ emotional management in chemotherapy

IF 3.2 Q2 COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING Frontiers in virtual reality Pub Date : 2023-11-14 DOI:10.3389/frvir.2023.1294482
Hélène Buche, Aude Michel, Nathalie Blanc
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Objectives: Our study is a follow-up of a previous research study that was carried out in physiotherapy. The present study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) as a tool to support emotional management during the acute phase of breast cancer treatment (chemotherapy session). Materials and methods: A quasi-experimental protocol was implemented in an oncology department with 120 patients randomly assigned to one of four conditions that were being compared. During the first 10 minutes of a chemotherapy session, patients could either be exposed to a participatory immersion in a natural environment; or be placed in a contemplative immersion condition in the same environment; or listen to classical music; or receive no distraction. The involvement of the patients in the virtual environment and the relevance of the immersive modalities were measured through the evaluation of sense of presence. Particular interest was given to the evaluation of anxiety level and the emotional state of the patients. Results: VR during chemotherapy reduces anxiety and calms emotional tension. The multi-sensory nature of this emotional regulation support tool was more effective than music in inducing positive emotion, and this benefit was the most salient when immersion was offered in an interactive format. Conclusion: The relevance of providing support through VR in oncology is confirmed in this study. This tool can compensate for the fluctuating availability of caregivers by offering patients the possibility of shaping their own relaxing worlds and could help preserve the patient-caregiver relationship.
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当虚拟现实技术支持化疗患者的情绪管理时
目的:我们的研究是对先前在物理治疗方面进行的一项研究的后续研究。本研究旨在评估虚拟现实(VR)作为一种工具在乳腺癌治疗(化疗)急性期支持情绪管理的有效性。材料和方法:在肿瘤科实施准实验方案,120名患者随机分配到四种情况之一进行比较。在化疗疗程的前10分钟,患者可以暴露在自然环境中的参与性浸泡;或者在同样的环境中处于沉思的沉浸状态;或者听古典音乐;或者不受干扰。通过对存在感的评估来衡量患者在虚拟环境中的参与程度和沉浸式模式的相关性。特别感兴趣的是评估焦虑水平和患者的情绪状态。结果:化疗期间VR减轻焦虑,缓解情绪紧张。这种情绪调节支持工具的多感官特性在诱导积极情绪方面比音乐更有效,当以互动形式提供沉浸时,这种好处最为显著。结论:本研究证实了VR在肿瘤学中提供支持的相关性。这个工具可以通过为患者提供塑造自己放松世界的可能性来弥补护理人员的可用性波动,并有助于保持患者与护理人员的关系。
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