Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics of Patients Randomized in Conventional vs. VR Education.
| Total | VR Education | Conventional Education | p-Value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (N) | 150 | 75 | 75 | |||||
| Age (median; [IQR]) | 76 | [70–83] | 77 | [68–84] | 76 | [70–81] | 0.578 | |
| Sex (N; %) | Male | 86 | 57.3% | 41 | 54.7% | 45 | 60.0% | 0.621 |
| Female | 64 | 42.7% | 34 | 45.3% | 30 | 40.0% | ||
| Referral Educational Quality (N; %) | 1 | 95 | 63.3% | 47 | 62.7% | 48 | 64.0% | |
| 2 | 47 | 31.3% | 23 | 30.7% | 24 | 32.0% | ||
| 3 | 6 | 4.0% | 3 | 4.0% | 3 | 4.0% | 0.73 | |
| 4 | 1 | 0.7% | 1 | 1.3% | 0 | |||
| 5 | 1 | 0.7% | 1 | 1.3% | 0 | |||
Note: Age is presented as the median with the interquartile range [IQR] in brackets. N represents the number of participants and % indicates the percentage of the total group. Referral Educational Quality is assessed on a Likert scale from 1 (highest quality) to 5 (lowest quality). p-values are derived from Chi-square tests for categorical variables and the Mann–Whitney U test for continuous variables, where a p-value < 0.05 indicates statistical significance.