Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Multisensory virtual reality reduces postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing laparoscopic gastrointestinal surgery: A single-centre randomised controlled trial
Authors' conclusion
The pre-operative use of multisensory virtual reality as a preventive measure may significantly reduce the incidence of POD during the first three postoperative 3 days after elective laparoscopic gastrointestinal abdominal surgery.
Study context
- Population
- Patients aged ≥60 years undergoing elective laparoscopic gastrointestinal surgery, single-centre tertiary hospital in China, September 2023 to July 2024
- Participants
- 342 patients
- Comparison
- Multisensory virtual reality vs Standard care
- Multisensory virtual realityn = 170
- Standard caren = 172reference
- Primary endpoint
- Incidence of postoperative delirium (POD) (Confusion Assessment Method (CAM), assessed twice daily)
- Follow-up
- Three postoperative days
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
Incidence of POD
P = 0.010
Secondary outcomes
- Multisensory virtual reality reduced preoperative anxiety scores and anxiety scores during the three postoperative days
- P = 0.001 for all
Safety
- No serious adverse events occurred during the intervention
Original publication
Multisensory virtual reality reduces postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing laparoscopic gastrointestinal surgery: A single-centre randomised controlled trial. Eur J Anaesthesiol. Published 11 March 2026. doi:10.
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