2160 Effects of Visual Fidelity for Design of a Virtual Reality Based Pain Management System

Background: Hospitalized patients with advanced heart failure often experience acute and/or chronic pain. While virtual reality has been extensively studied across a wide range of clinical settings, no studies have yet evaluated potential impact on pain management on this patient population. Aim: To investigate the impact of a virtual reality experience on self-reported pain, quality-of-life, general distress, and satisfaction compared to a two-dimensional guided imagery active control. Design: Single-center prospective randomized controlled study. The primary outcome was the difference in pre- versus post-intervention self-reported pain scores on a numerical rating scale from 0 to 10. Secondary outcomes included changes in quality-of-life scores, general distress, and satisfaction with the intervention. Setting/participants: Between October 2018 and March 2020, 88 participants hospitalized with advanced heart failure were recruited from an urban tertiary academic medical center. Results: Participants experienced significant improvement in pain score after either 10 minutes of virtual reality (change from pre- to post −2.9 ± 2.6, p < 0.0001) or 10 minutes of guided imagery (change from pre- to post −1.3 ± 1.8, p = 0.0001); the virtual reality arm experienced a 1.5 unit comparatively greater reduction in pain score compared to guided imagery ( p = 0.0011). Total quality-of-life and general distress scores did not significantly change for either arm. Seventy-eight participants (89%) responded that they would be willing to use the assigned intervention again. Conclusion: Virtual reality may be an effective nonpharmacologic adjuvant pain management intervention in hospitalized patients with heart failure. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov database (NCT04572425).

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Online Learning and Teaching Resource Management System Based on Virtual Reality Technology

Communications in Computer and Information Science - Technology in Education: Pedagogical Innovations ◽

10.1007/978-981-13-9895-7_10 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 103-115

Author(s):

Xiaodong Wei ◽

Dongqiao Guo ◽

Guodong Yang ◽

Yang Liu ◽

Qi Zhang

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Online Learning ◽

Resource Management ◽

Management System ◽

Virtual Reality Technology ◽

Learning And Teaching ◽

Resource Management System ◽

Teaching Resource

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Extended Reality in Patient Care and Pharmacy Practice: A Viewpoint

Journal of Contemporary Pharmacy Practice ◽

10.37901/jcphp18-00030 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 66 (4) ◽

pp. 22-27

Author(s):

Jody Takemoto ◽

Brittany Parmentier ◽

Rachel Bratelli ◽

Thayer Merritt ◽

Leanne California Health Sciences University

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Pain Management ◽

Patient Care ◽

Mixed Reality ◽

Pharmacy Practice ◽

Educational Practice ◽

Improve Patient Care ◽

Pharmacy Education ◽

Evolution Of Technology ◽

Improve Patient

The evolution of technology has given practitioners and educators more tools to better treat, manage, and educate both patients and future pharmacists. The objective of this viewpoint publication is to describe the current use of extended reality (XR) in pharmacy and propose ways in which pharmacy practice and education may benefit from incorporation of this technology. While these tools have been used for decades by many other professions, pharmacy is starting to adopt XR in professional and educational practice. XR (virtual reality, mixed reality, and augmented reality) is being used in various aspects of pharmacy care and education, such as pain management, diabetes self-care, cross-checking of prescriptions, treatments for addiction, and (in limited ways) patient and pharmacy education. There is great potential for further integration of XR into pharmacy practice and pharmacy education to ultimately improve patient care and education as well as pharmacy education.

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