The sample of this study consisted of 86 patients in experimental and control groups. The experimental group received VR application in the preoperative period for 10 minutes. Anxiety level was assessed with the Anxiety Specific to Surgery Questionnaire (ASSQ) and measured with physiological responses of anxiety such as systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), heart rate (HR), respiratory rate (RR) and peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2) before and after VR application.
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of virtual reality (VR) on the preoperative anxietyof patients undergoing colorectal surgery.