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Published on in Vol 9 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/81791, first published .
Immersive Virtual Reality for Pain and Relaxation in Older Adults Following Elective Inpatient Abdominal Surgery: Single-Arm Study Examining Feasibility and Acceptability

Immersive Virtual Reality for Pain and Relaxation in Older Adults Following Elective Inpatient Abdominal Surgery: Single-Arm Study Examining Feasibility and Acceptability

Immersive Virtual Reality for Pain and Relaxation in Older Adults Following Elective Inpatient Abdominal Surgery: Single-Arm Study Examining Feasibility and Acceptability

Christina Keny   1 , PhD, MS, RN ;   Ujala Shafiq   1 , MS ;   Karl Lorenz   2 , MD, MSHS ;   Marcia Russell   3 , MD ;   Heather Leutwyler   1 , PhD, NP ;   Laura M Wagner   1 , PhD, NP ;   Victoria Tang   4 , MD, MAS ;   Linda G Park   1 , PhD, NP

1 Department of Community Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States

2 Department of Primary Care and Population Health (PCPH), Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, United States

3 Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States

4 Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Christina Keny, PhD, MS, RN
  • Department of Community Health Systems
  • School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco
  • Box 0608, 490 Illinois Street, #93P
  • San Francisco, CA 94158
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 4086126143
  • Email: christina.keny@ucsf.edu