Video Glasses Reduce Preoperative Anxiety Compared With Portable Multimedia Player in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Preoperative anxiety in children is challenging for anesthesia providers and nurses. The use of video glasses (VG), an immersive head mount display, helps conceal the unfamiliar operating room environment from the patient's visual field. The aim of this study was to determine the anxiolytic effect of VG compared with that of a portable multimedia player (PMP) during the preoperative period in children.

Source: Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing - January 19, 2020 Category: Nursing Authors: Yuki Hashimoto, Tomohiro Chaki, Naoyuki Hirata, Yasuyuki Tokinaga, Yusuke Yoshikawa, Michiaki Yamakage Tags: Research Source Type: research