Enhancing patient experience in the surgical ICU through virtual reality: A pre-post mixed-methods study.

Background: Patients in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) often experience psychological stress.

Objectives: To evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and potential outcomes of virtual reality (VR) interventions for enhancing patient experience during SICU stay.

Methods: This mixed-method study employed a pre-post-test design complemented by a sequential explanatory approach, conducted from January to December 2023 in the SICU of a hospital in China.

Factors influencing the preoperative anxiety in lung cancer patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: The role of information needs, illness perception and patient trust.

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate preoperative anxiety in patients with lung cancer scheduled for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and explore the influence of demographic factors, information needs, illness perception, and patient trust in preoperative anxiety.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at a tertiary referral center in China from August 14 to December 1, 2022. Patients with lung cancer (N = 308) scheduled for VATS were evaluated using the Amsterdam Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS), Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (BIPQ), and Wake Forest Physician Trust Scale (WFPTS).

The relationship between resilience and intent to stay among Chinese nurses to support Wuhan in managing COVID-19: The serial mediation effect of post-traumatic growth and perceived professional benefits.

Aim: To explore the mediating role of post-traumatic growth and perceived professional benefits between resilience and intent to stay among Chinese nurses to support Wuhan in managing COVID-19.

Design: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey.

Methods: In May 2020, the study recruited a convenience sample of 200 Chinese nurses to support Wuhan in managing COVID-19.

A systematic review on voiceless patients' willingness to adopt high-technology augmentative and alternative communication in intensive care units.

Objective: To systematically evaluate the acceptability of high-technology augmentative and alternative communication (high-tech AAC) among ICU patients who are voiceless guided by the technology acceptance model (TAM).

Methods: We searched the Cochrane Library, EMBASE, PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Web of Science, SinoMed, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), China Science and Technology Journal Database and Wanfang Database from database inception to September 2019. Studies that examined conscious nonverbal ICU patients with high-tech AAC intervention were included.