Effect of Virtual Reality on Anxiety, Stress, and Patient's Satisfaction Among Patients Undergoing Regional Anesthesia

The Meta Quest 2 VR headset with built-in headphones was used. Patients selected VR environments from a predefined list of five nature scenes (beach, forest, mountain, underwater, and meadow) with identical meditation audio tracks lasting 30 minutes each. Guided Meditation VR from Cubicle Ninjas (https://guidedmeditationvr.com/)featured 360-degree nature environments with standardized calming background music and guided meditation narration. VR was applied immediately after spinal anesthesia and before the surgical incision. Sessions lasted 30 minutes and were discontinued if the patient reported nausea, dizziness, or requested removal.