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Ju-Ching Chiu1, Gwo-Jen Hwang2, Ching-Yi Chang3
1School of Nursing, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan; Department of Nursing, Taoyuan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
Background:
Cesarean mothers often face physical and psychological challenges during postoperative recovery. Effective preoperative education is essential for improving recovery outcomes. However, traditional healthcare instruction often lacks interactivity, fails to engage patients effectively, and provides limited visualization of surgical procedures and self-care practices.
Objective:
This study proposed an Augmented Reality (AR)-based preoperative educational approach to enhancing patient education by providing a contextualized and interactive learning experience.
Methods:
A randomized controlled trial was conducted at a medical center in Taiwan to evaluate the effect of AR-based education on perceived recovery experience after cesarean section. Eligible participants were randomly assigned to either the experimental group, receiving preoperative AR-based education via a mobile app, or the control group, receiving traditional educational materials through QR codes. Postoperative outcomes included self-care knowledge (cesarean postoperative self-care knowledge questionnaire), anxiety (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory), and recovery satisfaction (visual analog scale).
Results:
Participants in the AR group demonstrated significantly greater improvement in self-care knowledge scores (p < 0.05), lower anxiety levels (p < 0.05), and higher satisfaction scores (p < 0.001) compared to participants receiving traditional instruction mode.
Conclusions:
The AR-based intervention improved self-care knowledge, reduced preoperative anxiety, and enhanced perceived recovery experience satisfaction. These findings suggest that AR is a promising and innovative tool for preoperative education in clinical practice.
