Radiotherapy Patient Education With Virtual Reality

The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) is a brief and widely used self-assessment tool validated to measure anxiety in individuals undergoing medical therapy or other stressful experiences. The scale consists of 20 items, with separate scales for trait and state. Scores on the Likert scale, ranging from 0 to 4, provide an assessment of symptom severity in patients dealing with various medical conditions (state) as well as baseline status (trait). Higher scores indicate higher levels of anxiety.

The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) is a brief and widely used self-assessment tool validated to measure anxiety in individuals undergoing medical therapy or other stressful experiences. The scale consists of 20 items, with separate scales for trait and state. Scores on the Likert scale, ranging from 0 to 4, provide an assessment of symptom severity in patients dealing with various medical conditions (state) as well as baseline status (trait). Higher scores indicate higher levels of anxiety.

Radiation Oncology Knowledge Assessment Survey (ROKAS) is a questionnaire designed to evaluate patient understanding of the radiotherapy treatment process. It consists of questions tailored to assess knowledge related to radiation therapy, including about procedures and potential side effects associated with treatment. ROKAS score ranges from 0-11 with higher scores indicating higher knowledge of radiation oncology.

The absolute difference score on the FACT-G will be compared between the arms. The FACT-G is a 27-item questionnaire that covers four health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) sub-domains: physical, social, emotional, and functional well-being. Each of the questions will be scored on a scale from 0 (Not at all) to 4 (Very much) using a manual scoring template in which some items are reverse scored. Higher scored indicate better HR-QOL.