Table 2.
Primary and secondary outcome measures results, mean (SD).
| VR | Control | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Intervention (n = 11) |
Post-Intervention (n = 11) |
After 2 Weeks (n = 11) |
p-Value | Pre-Intervention (n = 12) |
Post-Intervention (n = 12) |
After 2-Weeks (n = 12) |
p-Value | |
| GDS | 12.27 (4.45) | 8.27 * (3.60) | 7.27 * (2.57) | <0.001 | 12.25 (4.53) | 12.75 (4.82) | 11.83 (2.62) | 0.61 |
| Stress level | 61.45 (8.94) | 52.27 * (9.08) | 46.27 * (10.62) | <0.001 | 62.50 (9.53) | 63.50 (10.37) | 64.75 (11.46) | 0.38 |
| Emotional tension | 21.90 (4.67) | 20.09 (5.52) | 17.45 * (5.75) | 0.006 | 20.75 (2.70) | 21.25 (3.91) | 21.91 (4.27) | 0.36 |
| External stress | 19.36 (4.90) | 14.09 * (5.35 | 13.18 * (5.99) | <0.001 | 20.66 (4.29) | 20.91 (3.72) | 21.16 (4.74) | 0.74 |
| Intrapsychic stress | 20.18 (3.81) | 18.09 (2.11) | 15.63 * (3.23) | 0.003 | 21.08 (5.50) | 21.33 (4.18) | 21.66 (4.35) | 0.77 |
| HADS | 17.27 (5.36) | 13.00 * (3.25) | 11.27 * (3.13) | <0.001 | 17.66 (4.83) | 18.16 (4.52) | 18.00 (3.74) | 0.82 |
| HADS-Anxiety | 10.18 (3.78) | 7.36 * (2.33) | 5.81 * (2.60) | <0.001 | 9.83 (2.97) | 10.00 (2.69) | 10.41 (2.84) | 0.48 |
| HADS-Depression | 7.09 (2.02) | 5.63 (2.29) | 5.45 (2.33) | 0.07 | 7.83 (2.32) | 8.16 (2.51) | 7.58 (2.06) | 0.55 |
GDS: Geriatric Depression Scale; HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; p-value as a result of Repeated Measures ANOVA; * statistically significant compared to the pre-intervention test according to Bonferroni post-hoc test.