360° Virtual reality to improve patient education and reduce anxiety towards atrial fibrillation ablation

Figure 1. Impression of 360° VR video. Disclaimer: no real patient, only co-authors are presented.

Figure 2. Preprocedural ablation questionnaire results related to the level of worries in VR and the control group. This figure shows the number of patients that agreed or strongly agreed with the statement that they worried about the ablation procedure in the VR group and controls. VR, virtual reality.

Figure 3. Preprocedural ablation questionnaire results in VR and the control group with distribution based on sex or age. Panel A shows the number of men that agreed or strongly agreed with the statement that they worried about the ablation procedure in the VR group and controls. Panel B shows the number of patients <65 years that agreed or strongly agreed with the statement that they had worries about the ablation procedure in the VR group and controls. Panel C shows the number of patients ≥65 years that agreed or strongly agreed with the statement that they were clearly informed about the catheterization laboratory environment in VR and control group. Panel D shows the number of males and females in the VR group that agreed or strongly agreed with the statement that they had worries about the ablation procedure as well as with the statement that they worried about the anaesthesia. VR, virtual reality.

Figure 4. Patient experience with disposable cardboard VR viewer. VR, virtual reality.

Figure 5. Post-procedural satisfaction about preprocedural information provision in VR group and controls. VR, virtual reality.