dc.contributor.author | Tanja-Dijkstra, K | |
dc.contributor.author | Pahl, S | |
dc.contributor.author | White, MP | |
dc.contributor.author | Andrade, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Qian, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Bruce, M | |
dc.contributor.author | May, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Moles, DR | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-18T15:05:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-03-12 | |
dc.description.abstract | Dental anxiety creates significant problems for both patients and the dental profession. Some distraction interventions are already used by healthcare professionals to help patients cope with unpleasant procedures. The present study is novel because it a) builds on evidence that natural scenery is beneficial for patients, and b) uses a Virtual Reality (VR) representation of nature to distract participants. Extending previous work that has investigated pain and anxiety during treatment, c) we also consider the longer term effects in terms of more positive memories of the treatment, building on a cognitive theory of memory (Elaborated Intrusions). Participants (n = 69) took part in a simulated dental experience and were randomly assigned to one of three VR conditions (active vs. passive vs. control). In addition, participants were distinguished into high and low dentally anxious according to a median split resulting in a 3×2 between-subjects design. VR distraction in a simulated dental context affected memories a week later. The VR distraction had effects not only on concurrent experiences, such as perceived control, but longitudinally upon the vividness of memories after the dental experience had ended. Participants with higher dental anxiety (for whom the dental procedures were presumably more aversive) showed a greater reduction in memory vividness than lower dental-anxiety participants. This study thus suggests that VR distractions can be considered as a relevant intervention for cycles of care in which people's previous experiences affect their behaviour for future events. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Plymouth University | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 9, Iss. 3, pp. e91276 - | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0091276 | |
dc.identifier.other | PONE-D-13-36543 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/19951 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24621518 | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0091276 | en_GB |
dc.rights | Copyright © 2014 Tanja-Dijkstra et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | en_GB |
dc.subject | Adult | en_GB |
dc.subject | Anxiety | en_GB |
dc.subject | Computer Simulation | en_GB |
dc.subject | Dentistry | en_GB |
dc.subject | Female | en_GB |
dc.subject | Follow-Up Studies | en_GB |
dc.subject | Humans | en_GB |
dc.subject | Male | en_GB |
dc.subject | Memory | en_GB |
dc.title | Improving dental experiences by using virtual reality distraction: a simulation study. | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2016-02-18T15:05:41Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | |
exeter.place-of-publication | United States | |
dc.description | Published online | en_GB |
dc.description | Journal Article | en_GB |
dc.description | Randomized Controlled Trial | en_GB |
dc.description | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | PLoS One | en_GB |