Smartphone-based immersive virtual reality for pediatric preoperative preparation: development and initial feasibility report
Andreia Cardoso, Durval Campos Kraychete · 2026
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Description
Andreia Cardoso and Durval Campos Kraychete report building a phone-based virtual reality tool to ready children for surgery. Fear before anesthesia strikes forty to sixty percent of children. It can complicate care and cast a shadow over the whole hospital stay.
Their tool uses a plain smartphone with a headset to walk children through the surgical path in advance. Two effects do the work: distraction in the moment, and familiarity gained before the day. In Brazil, such ready-made materials for children are scarce. The letter reports how the team built the tool and its first feasibility checks. A cheap, phone-based approach could spread to hospitals that cannot buy costly systems. The report invites wider trials of the idea.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Andreia Cardoso, Durval Campos Kraychete |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 9 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |