Influence of Preoperative Virtual Reality on Preoperative State Anxiety in the Ambulatory Setting: The AMBLUMEEN Randomized Controlled Trial.
BACKGROUND Preoperative anxiety affects 30% to 80 % of ambulatory surgery patients and is associated with increased anesthetic requirements, postoperative pain, and delayed recovery. Virtual reality (VR) is a promising nonpharmacological anxiolytic, but evidence remains limited in the ambulatory setting. METHODS The...