Virtual Reality on Patient Satisfaction in Ambulatory Orthopedic Surgery

Contribution of Virtual Reality on Patient Satisfaction in Ambulatory Orthopedic Surgery

Few studies were interested in the patient satisfaction after ambulatory surgery. Most of them showed negative results due to psychological factors. The intervention including surgery and hospitalization is still perceived as painful memory for most of patients. Several improving axes have been explored to change global patient experience. One new idea could be to offer a virtual reality experience during the surgery or local regional anesthesia. Some studies showed that immersive experience can reduce the anxiety, the pain, improve the patient comfort and recovery after surgery. The virtual reality is commonly used but it has to be evaluated in terms of efficiency with a prospective study and objective outcomes to go further in the improvement of the experience and the care offer to patients.

The study is to compare the patient satisfaction between patients with virtual reality experience and patients without VR experience during the ambulatory orthopedic surgery under local regional anesthesia.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participant who has an ambulatory orthopedic surgery under local regional anesthesia, planned or performed in emergency
• Participant who has been given appropriate information about the study objectives and who has given his/her express written and informed consent prior to conduct any study-related procedures.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participant with visual deficiency or deaf
• Participant who can bear virtual reality
• Participant whose physical and / or psychological health is severely impaired, which according to the investigator may affect the participant's compliance with the study