Intensive Care Unit-Specific Virtual Reality for Psychological Recovery After ICU Treatment for COVID-19; A Brief Case Report

Frontiers in Medicine

Diederik Gommers¹  Jasper van Bommel¹  Johan H. Vlake²  Michel E. van Genderen²  Evert-Jan Wils³  Merel E. Hellemons⁴ 

[1] Department of Intensive Care, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands;Department of Intensive Care, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands;Department of Intensive Care, Franciscus Gasthuis & Vlietland, Rotterdam, Netherlands;Department of Intensive Care, Franciscus Gasthuis & Vlietland, Rotterdam, Netherlands;Department of Pulmonology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands;

关键词: COVID-19;    post-intensive care syndrome;    critical care;    virtual reality;    post-traumatic stress disorder;    anxiety;    depression;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fmed.2020.629086

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

A substantial number of ICU survivors are expected due to the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, who are at risk for psychological impairments, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and depression. We designed a COVID-19 intensive care unit-specific virtual reality (ICU-VR) intervention and tested it on one of our COVID-19 patients. The impact of event scale-revised and the hospital anxiety and depression scale showed that this patient suffered from PTSD, anxiety, and depression on the day of the intervention. One week after receiving ICU-VR, levels of PTSD, anxiety and depression had normalized, and stayed normalized until 6 months after discharge. In conclusion, innovative technologies, such as VR, have the potential to improve psychological rehabilitation, and should therefore be considered by clinicians for the treatment of ICU-related psychological sequelae after COVID-19.

【 授权许可】

CC BY