Table 3 The side effects (SE) reported by participants at 0, 10, 20 and 30 min and the total number of participants that experienced side effects. aFisher’s exact test, bFisher–Freeman–Halton exact test. cDenotes significance.

From: Virtual reality and its use in post-operative pain following laparoscopy: a feasibility study

 

Results for intervention group 1 (n = 18)

Results for intervention group 2 (n = 17)

p-value

SE at 0 min

Nausea and/or dizziness

1 (5.6%)

1 (5.9%)

1.00a

No SE

17 (94.4%)

16 (94.1%)

SE at 10 min

Nausea and/or dizziness

2 (11.1%)

2 (11.8%)

1.00b

No SE

16 (88.9%)

15 (88.2%)

SE at 20 min

Nausea and/or dizziness

2 (11.1%)

2 (11.8%)

1.00b

No SE

16 (88.9%)

15 (88.2%)

SE at 30 min

Nausea and/or dizziness

1 (5.6%)

7 (41.2%)

0.014b,c

No SE

17 (94.4%)

10 (58.8%)

Overall SE

Experienced SE

2 (11.1%)

7 (41.2%)

0.06a

No SE

16 (88.9%)

10 (58.8%)