TY - JOUR T1 - Preoperative virtual reality experience may improve patient satisfaction and reduce anxiety JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs DO - 10.1136/eb-2017-102780 SP - ebnurs-2017-102780 AU - Axel Maurice-Szamburski Y1 - 2017/11/25 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/early/2017/11/24/eb-2017-102780.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Bekelis K, Calnan D, Simmons N, et al. Effect of an immersive preoperative virtual reality experience on patient-reported outcomes: a randomised controlled trial. Ann Surg 2017;265:1068–73.The assessment of patient experience is essential for evaluating surgical outcomes.Patient satisfaction with the perioperative experience depends on a patient having experiences that match expectations.By adapting patient expectations to real life, virtual reality (VR) could improve their global experience.Most patients undergoing surgery are anxious.1 Addressing anxiety is a serious concern for the improvement of patient experience during the perioperative period. A previous study about anxiolytic premedication failed to demonstrate any improvement in patient experience,2 suggesting that treating surgery-induced anxiety as an illness may not be the answer. Besides anxiety, a patients’ need for information … ER -