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Study of gender differences in VR response following cardiac surgery.

Jose Luis MossoBrenda K WiederholdFilippo La PagliaDanilo GuarinoDaniele La BarberaJose Luis Mosso JrIan MillerMark D Wiederhold

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medicine.medical_specialtybusiness.industrySurgical proceduresGender differences Cardiac surgery Anxiety Stress SurgerSurgeryCardiac surgerySettore MED/18 - Chirurgia GeneraleSettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia ClinicaCohortmedicinePhysical therapyAnxietyIn patientmedicine.symptombusinessSettore MED/25 - Psichiatria

description

Cardiac and other invasive surgical procedures cause significant anxiety and stress to patients and their family members. In this study Virtual Reality (VR) was used as a method to reduce stress, anxiety and pain in patients undergoing surgical procedures. This study compared a cohort of patients in the interval prior to and successive to the surgery, differentiating the responses achieved by males and females and comparing the effectiveness. The results are encouraging: they demonstrate the efficacy of VR treatment and the safety of the method and detection of differences in the responses based on gender.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2017-03-20Journal of Psychology and Cognition
https://doi.org/10.35841/psychology-cognition.2.1.67-71