Exploring the effect of virtual reality relaxation environment on white coat hypertension in blood pressure measurement.

A phenomenon called White Coat Hypertension (WCH) often occurs when measuring blood pressure (BP) in a real medical environment. Utilizing virtual reality (VR) technology to present appropriate relaxation scenes can isolate the real medical environments and may provide a new method to avoid WCH and improve the accuracy of BP measurement. In this study, we designed four immersive VR relaxation scenes and conducted an experiment to explore the role of VR scenes in eliminating/detecting WCH in BP measurement.

"Overconfidence" versus "helplessness": A qualitative study on abstinence self-efficacy of drug users in a male compulsory drug detention center in China.

Background: Compulsory drug detention is the most frequent way to control drug use in China; however, it has often been criticized. This qualitative study aimed to investigate abstinence self-efficacy and its sources of drug users in a compulsory male drug detention center in Shanghai, China, and the attitudes of the drug users to this form of rehabilitation.

Methods: Thirty-six participants were interviewed (semi-structured, in depth) about their history of drug use and rehabilitation, self-evaluation of addiction, motivations to abstain, plans for the future and attitudes toward rehabilitation.