Across 51 included studies, most results favored haptic over non-haptic conditions in surgical virtual simulations¶

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q3 i? Of 51 studies comparing haptic and non-haptic conditions, 34 favored haptics, 3 favored non-haptics, 11 showed equal/similar results, and 3 had mixed results. → Sayed Azher 2024

Evidence¶

Sayed Azher 2024¶

Sayed Azher, Aralia Mills, Jinzhi He, Taliah Hyjazie, Junko Tokuno, Andrea Quaiattini, and Jason M. Harley. (2024). Findings Favor Haptics Feedback in Virtual Simulation Surgical Education: An Updated Systematic and Scoping Review. Surgical Innovation. https://doi.org/10.1177/15533506241238263

q3 · i? · review · r3

The review's own qualitative synthesis of 51 included studies comparing haptic versus non-haptic virtual simulation conditions. The review reports that "34 studies had results that, overall, favored the haptic condition over non-haptic" with only 3 favoring non-haptics. No meta-analysis was performed due to heterogeneity.

"34 studies had results that, overall, favored the haptic condition over non-haptic while the summative results of only 3 studies59,66,86 favored the non-haptic condition. The remaining studies either showed the two conditions to be equal/similar (n = 11)39,42,44,45,50,54,67,74,77,80,83 or had mixed results (n = 3)52,68,81"

Discussion¶

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