Effect of virtual reality video-based pre-discharge psychological intervention on the post-discharge emotions of patients with deep facial burn: a prospective randomized controlled study
10.3760/cma.j.cn501120-20191226-00473
- VernacularTitle:出院前虚拟现实视频心理干预对面部深度烧伤患者出院后情绪影响的前瞻性随机对照研究
- Author:
Tingting HE
;
Xiuhang ZHANG
;
Xiangli KONG
;
Dan CHENG
;
Weiwei WU
- From:
Chinese Journal of Burns
2020;36(11):E016-E016
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the effect of virtual reality (VR) video-based pre-discharge psychological intervention on the post-discharge emotions of patients with deep facial burn.Methods:Enrolled in the prospective randomized controlled study were 84 patients with deep facial burn that were hospitalized from October 2017 to September 2019 in the First Hospital of Jilin University and met the inclusion criteria. According to the random number table, the patients were divided into two groups, with some losing touch in follow-up, there were 40 cases (21 males and 19 females) left in VR video group, aged 18~53 years, while there were 41 cases (22 males and 19 females) left in general video group, aged 19~55 years. Seven patients who had been treated in the First Hospital of Jilin University from January 2014 to December 2016 and returned to work and life after recovering from the deep facial burn were selected, and then a video was made for each of them based on the pictures taken before and after they got burned and at each stage of treatment with the relevant oral explanations, the problems they faced after discharge and the solutions adopted for those problems, and the image data about their living conditions. Seven days before discharge, the patients in VR video group began to watch videos by wearing VR glasses, while the patients in general video group began to watch videos on a tablet computer. On the 7th day before discharge (before watching the videos) and 1 month after discharge, the Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) and Social Avoidance and Distress (SAD) Scale were used to evaluate the level of anxiety, depression, social avoidance and distress of patients in both groups. Data were statistically analyzed with t test, chi-square test, or Fisher's exact probability test.Results:On the 7th day before discharge, the scores of anxiety, depression, and social avoidance and distress of patients in general video group were (34±7), (34±6), and (11.5±3.9) points, respectively, close to (35±7), (35±5), and (10.5±3.9) points in VR video group, and the scores of both groups were higher than the national norms. One month after discharge, the scores of anxiety, depression, and social avoidance and distress of patients in VR video group were (31±5), (31±5), and (7.2±2.5) points, respectively, significantly lower than the scores on the 7th day before discharge (t=6.609, 7.492, 7.622, P<0.01); the scores of anxiety, depression, social avoidance and distress of patients in general video group were (37±7), (38±8), and (13.9±7.4) points, respectively, significantly higher than the scores on the 7th day before discharge (t=2.802, 3.599, 2.739, P<0.01). One month after discharge, the scores of anxiety, depression, and social avoidance and distress of patients in VR video group were significantly lower than those in general video group (t=4.722, 5.043, 5.490, P<0.01).Conclusions:The unhealthy emotions of patients with deep facial burn, such as anxiety, depression, and social avoidance and distress, can be alleviated after discharge if they undergo psychological intervention by watching VR videos before discharge.
