Perception and Performance on a Virtual Reality Cognitive Stimulation for Use in the Intensive Care Unit: A Non-randomized Trial in Critically Ill Patients

Perception and Performance on a Virtual Reality Cognitive Stimulation for Use in the Intensive Care Unit: A Non-randomized Trial in Critically Ill Patients

Background: Newly acquired long-term cognitive impairments are common among survivors of critical illness. They have been linked to the stressful situation that patients experience in the intensive care unit (ICU). In this paper we use virtual reality (VR) technology to comfort critically ill patien...

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Main Authors: Stephan M. Gerber, Marie-Madlen Jeitziner, Samuel E. J. Knobel, Urs P. Mosimann, René M. Müri, Stephan M. Jakob, Tobias Nef
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
virtual reality
critical illness
intensive care unit
cognitive dysfunction
nature
stimulation
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmed.2019.00287/full

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