Preselected and preferred immersive virtual reality versus narrative alone to induce post‐stress relaxation in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: A pilot study on perceived stress and heart rate
This is the first study to show evidence of the impact of IVR on a rare population. Despite the lack of significant differences between the two IVR and narrative-alone conditions in physiological and subjective relaxation, more than half of the participants expressed a subjective preference for the virtual experience, especially for the preferred one.
Authors
- Stéphane Bouchard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5995-340X)
- Laura Adelaide Dalla Vecchia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6516-0959)
- Beatrice De Maria (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5360-3137)
- Martina Vigorè (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9923-0508)
- Maurizio Bussotti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3520-249X)
- Luca Bernardelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4887-7827)
- Patrycja Krasinska
- Roberta Maioli
Institutions
- University of Milan (IT)
- Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori di Pavia (IT)
- Cégep de l'Outaouais (CA)
- Université du Québec en Outaouais (CA)
- Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (IT)
- Health Economics and Outcomes Research (United Kingdom) (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- British Journal of Health Psychology
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.70059
- Primary Topic
- Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00