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Published on in Vol 15 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/105624, first published .
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Immersive Virtual Reality Cognitive Stimulation for Delirium Prevention in Older Surgical Intensive Care Unit Patients With Cognitive Impairment: Protocol for a 3-Arm Randomized Pilot Trial

Immersive Virtual Reality Cognitive Stimulation for Delirium Prevention in Older Surgical Intensive Care Unit Patients With Cognitive Impairment: Protocol for a 3-Arm Randomized Pilot Trial

Hina Faisal   1, 2 , MD, MS, MRCS, MBBS ;   Kenneth Podell   3 , PhD ;   Austin Shelton   4 , MBE ;   Jiaqiong Xu   5 , PhD ;   Malaz Boustani   6, 7, 8, 9, 10 , MD, MPH ;   George Taffet   11 , MD, FACP

1 Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist, Houston, TX, United States

2 Center for Critical Care, Houston Methodist, Houston, TX, United States

3 Stanley H. Appel Department of Neurology, Houston Methodist, Houston, TX, United States

4 The Bookout Center, Houston Methodist Academic Institute, Houston, TX, United States

5 Center for Health Data Science and Analytics, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, United States

6 Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States

7 Center for Aging Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States

8 Regenstrief Institute Inc., Indianapolis, IN, United States

9 Center for Health Innovation and Implementation Science, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States

10 Eskenazi Health, Health and Hospital Corporation, Indianapolis, IN, United States

11 Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Houston Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, IN, United States

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