Jung MJ, et al. Pediatric Distraction on Induction of Anesthesia With Virtual Reality and Perioperative Anxiolysis: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Anesth Analg. 2021 Mar 1;132(3):798-806. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000005004. PMID: 32618627. In the March issue of A&A, Jung et al. report a randomized, controlled study to determine whether virtual reality (VR) distraction decreases patient anxiety prior to, and during, mask induction of anesthesia. The authors studied 70 children, 5–12 years of age scheduled for elective surgery. The patients assigned to the VR group (n=33) were assigned to wear the VR headset immediately before induction in the operating room, whereas the control group (n=37) received no audiovisual distraction. The primary outcome was the Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (mYPAS), which was measured at 3 time points to assess patient anxiety: in the preoperative holding area before randomization, on entering the operating room, and during induction of GA. Secondary outcomes included postinduction parental anxiety measured by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, patient induction compliance, and parental satisfaction. No patients received preoperative anxiolytic medication, and nearly all children had a parent present during the induction.
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Jung MJ, et al. Pediatric Distraction on Induction of Anesthesia With Virtual Reality and Perioperative Anxiolysis: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Anesth Analg. 2021 Mar 1;132(3):798-806. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000005004. PMID: 32618627. In the March issue of A&A, Jung et al. report a randomized, controlled study to determine whether virtual reality (VR) distraction decreases patient anxiety prior to, and during, mask induction of anesthesia. The authors studied 70 children, 5–12 years of age scheduled for elective surgery. The patients assigned to the VR group (n=33) were assigned to wear the VR headset immediately before induction in the operating room, whereas the control group (n=37) received no audiovisual distraction. The primary outcome was the Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (mYPAS), which was measured at 3 time points to assess patient anxiety: in the preoperative holding area before randomization, on entering the operating room, and during induction of GA. Secondary outcomes included postinduction parental anxiety measured by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, patient induction compliance, and parental satisfaction. No patients received preoperative anxiolytic medication, and nearly all children had a parent present during the induction.