VR intervention aims to reduce preoperative anxiety in cancer

Researchers are exploring whether a virtual reality intervention could reduce preoperative anxiety among patients with cancer, according to information presented at Cedars-Sinai’s Virtual Medical Conference.
The virtual reality (VR) will include guided breathing, an educational platform about the operating room and more.
“The vision is being an intervention that is widely applicable to a lot of different surgeries,” Eisi Mollanji, MD, a third-year psychiatry resident at University of Manitoba, told Healio.
“Something as simple as saying, ‘You’re having surgery; here’s a headset.’ Here’s an