Table 2.
Distribution of positive beliefs, attitudes, and perceptions toward virtual reality in Facebook comments posted in response to the video.
|
Positive theme of Facebook comment identified through qualitative analysis |
Value (N=1197b), n (%) | ||
| General uses (N=934) | |||
| Interest in VRatechnology (N=754) | |||
| General interest | 665 (55.56) | ||
| Positive use of technology | 80 (6.68) | ||
| Better than TV or movies | 9 (0.75) | ||
| Desire for personal use and to share with others (N=180) | |||
| General personal use | 61 (5.09) | ||
| Interest in trying VR | 49 (4.09) | ||
| Wishes that they had VR in previous hospital stay | 39 (3.26) | ||
| Wishes that they had VR for friend and family members in hospital | 31 (2.59) | ||
| Specific health care uses (N=263) | |||
| Lack of mobility (N=153) | |||
| Distract from boredom, encourage mental stimulation | 60 (5.01) | ||
| Long-term hospital stays | 30 (2.51) | ||
| Elderly patients who cannot move or travel | 25 (2.09) | ||
| Children in hospital | 15 (1.25) | ||
| Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy or radiation | 9 (0.75) | ||
| Patients undergoing scans/imaging | 8 (0.67) | ||
| People who are wheelchair-bound | 3 (0.25) | ||
| Encourage movement | 3 (0.25) | ||
| Pain (N=42) | |||
| Labor delivery (acute) | 15 (1.25) | ||
| Dentistry (acute) | 13 (1.09) | ||
| Chronic pain (chronic) | 11 (0.92) | ||
| Burns (acute) | 2 (0.17) | ||
| Dialysis (acute) | 1 (0.08) | ||
| Mental health (N=31) | |||
| Stress | 14 (1.17) | ||
| Anxiety | 10 (0.84) | ||
| Depression | 7 (0.58) | ||
| Treatment and rehabilitation (N=19) | |||
| General rehabilitation | 13 (1.09) | ||
| Adjunct to other therapies | 6 (0.50) | ||
| Drugs (N=18) | |||
| Adjunct to other drugs | 11 (0.92) | ||
| Reduces the need for drugs | 7 (0.58) | ||
aVR: virtual reality.
bTotal does not add up to 100% due to multiple codes per Facebook comment and rounding.