Effect of Virtual Reality on Patient's Comfort During Cardiac Electronic Device Implantation.

Effect of Virtual Reality on Patient's Comfort During Cardiac Electronic Device Implantation: a Randomized, Controlled Trial.

The purpose of this study is to assess the effect on patient's comfort of a virtual reality experience during a procedure of cardiac electronic device implantation under local anesthesia.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients over 18 year old,
• Patients who signed the consent form and accepted to participate to the trial,
• New cardiac electronic device implantation or cardiac electronic device battery change,
• Surgical procedure planned in ambulatory care.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Communication limitations,
• Surgical procedure planned in sedation or narcosis,
• Severe sensorial deficits (visual, auditory),
• Claustrophobia,
• Known motion sickness,
• Patient isolated or with contact precautions,
• Known or anticipated psychiatric diseases,
• Patient known for epilepsia,
• Opened scar and or ongoing infection at the level of the face and/or eyes,
• Patient evaluated non suitable for the study by the surgeon, cardiologist or anesthetist.