The Feasibility and Acceptability of a Stand-Alone Virtual Reality Headset on Perceived Pain and Anxiety During Bone Marrow Biopsies: Mixed Methods Pilot Study

This investigation encourages the acceptability of using VR intervention for patients undergoing bone marrow biopsies. Further, the length of procedures was found to be shorter when compared to the control group, supporting the feasibility of the technology for clinical management. These novel interventions can provide distraction-based therapy that is noninferior to the standard of care and provide enjoyable user experiences that reduce the perceived pain and anxiety of nonsedated medical procedures.