Virtual reality on mobile phones to reduce anxiety in outpatient surgery

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 142, Issue , 2009, Pages 195-200

  Mosso, José L ^a,d   Gorini, Alessandra ^b   De La Cerda, Gustavo ^a   Obrador, Tomas ^d   Almazan, Andrew ^d   Mosso, Dejanira ^e   Nieto, Jesus J ^c   Riva, Giuseppe ^b,f  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PANAMERICANA   (Mexico)

^d Lycée Franco Mexicain ^*

^e INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^f ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambulatory surgery; Cybertherapy; Mobile phone

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; MHEALTH; MOBILE PHONES; TELEPHONE SETS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CELL PHONE; CONTROL GROUPS; CYBER-THERAPY; EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; IMMERSIVE VR; SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS; SURGICAL OPERATION;

SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANXIETY; CELLULAR PHONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICENTERS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67549151188     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-58603-964-6-195     Document Type: Conference Paper

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