ZHONGHUA YANGSHENG BAOJIAN ›› 2024, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (24): 123-126.

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Effect of virtual reality technology intervention on pre-treatment psychological stress in patients with occupational noise deafness treated by hyperbaric oxygen

LI Hong-mei   

  1. The hyperbaric oxygen department of Zibo City Occupational Disease Prevention Hospital, Zibo Shandong, 255000, China
  • Online:2024-12-16 Published:2024-12-13

Abstract: Objective To observe the effect of virtual reality (VR) intervention on HBO treatment of occupational noise deafness (ONID) patients with pre-treatment psychological stress. Methods 96 cases of ONID patients admitted to our hospital from February 2021 to February 2024 were selected and divided into control group (single number) and experimental group (even number) with 80 cases each according to the admission sequence number. Routine nursing intervention and nursing intervention using VR technology were respectively implemented. The scores of self-rating Depression Scale (SDS), self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and General Self-efficacy Scale (GSES), treatment compliance, and hearing threshold levels of the two groups were observed under pure tone audiometry at different frequencies (500-4000 Hz). Results After intervention, the GSES scores of the control group were increased but far less than that of the experimental group, and the SDS and SAS scores were decreased, but not significantly (P<0.05). Compared with the experimental group, the treatment compliance in the control group was significantly worse (P<0.05). The hearing threshold levels of experimental groups were lower than those of control group at different frequencies after intervention (P<0.05). Conclusion The application of VR technology in the HBO treatment of ONID patients can significantly relieve the psychological stress before treatment, enhance the self-efficacy of patients, have a positive impact on improving the willingness of patients to accept HBO treatment, and promote the improvement of their hearing function, which is of great application and promotion value.

Key words: occupational noise deafness, virtual reality technology, psychological stress

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