PHOENIX—Rates of pain, distress and anxiety among hospitalized patients with acute pain may be significantly reduced by the use of virtual reality, according to a study presented at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia (poster O14).
The results show that VR may play an important role in the nonpharmacologic treatment of pain.
“We were interested in learning the feasibility of using VR therapy in a medical setting at the patient’s bedside,” said