Family Videos and Virtual Reality in Intensive Care Patients

Intensive care unit patients may experience psychological and physiological problems suchas anxiety, agitation, and pain because of the stressful and isolating nature of theintensive care environment. This randomized controlled trial evaluated family‐basedvisual support and virtual reality‐based nature videos as non‐pharmacological supportiveinterventions in adult intensive care unit patients.Participants were randomly assigned to one of three parallel groups. In the firstintervention group, participants watched five‐minute family videos twice daily. In thesecond intervention group, participants watched five‐minute family videos twice daily andadditionally viewed nature‐themed videos using a virtual reality headset once daily forapproximately 15‐20 minutes. Participants in the control group received standardtreatment and nursing care without a study‐specific video or virtual realityintervention.The interventions and assessments were performed on the second and third days ofintensive care after the patients' clinical condition had been evaluated and approved bya physician. Anxiety, agitation, and pain were assessed immediately before and after theinterventions. Vital signs were obtained from routine clinical monitoring records. Duringvirtual reality sessions, the researcher remained with the participant and monitored forpossible adverse effects such as dizziness