No significant differences found between virtual reality training and simulation training in GOALS scores or time to completion¶

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q3 i? Meta-analysis found total GOALS scores favoured neither VRT nor ST (MD −5.23, 95%CI −11.64 to 1.18, P = 0.11) and time to completion favoured neither (MD −1.43, 95%CI −4.43 to 1.52, P = 0.34). → Humm Gemma; Mohan Helen Peter; Fleming Christina; Harries Rhiannon; Wood Christopher; Dawas Khaled; Stoyanov Danail; Lovat Laurence B 2022

Evidence¶

Humm Gemma; Mohan Helen Peter; Fleming Christina; Harries Rhiannon; Wood Christopher; Dawas Khaled; Stoyanov Danail; Lovat Laurence B 2022¶

Humm Gemma; Mohan Helen Peter; Fleming Christina; Harries Rhiannon; Wood Christopher; Dawas Khaled; Stoyanov Danail; Lovat Laurence B. (2022). The impact of virtual reality simulation training on operative performance in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. BJS Open. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/zrac086

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Meta-analysis of two RCTs comparing VR training with simulation training on time to completion, 47 participants per arm, low heterogeneity (I2 = 28 per cent), fixed-effects model favouring neither, "MD −1.43, 95 per cent c.i. −4.43 to 1.52, P = 0.34". A separate two-study GOALS meta-analysis also favoured neither (P = 0.11).

"In a meta-analysis of two studies8,47, 47 participants were randomized to VR training and 47 to ST. Statistical heterogeneity was low (I2 = 28 per cent). Using a fixed-effects model, the combined weighted effect favoured neither VRT nor ST (MD −1.43, 95 per cent c.i. −4.43 to 1.52, P = 0.34)"

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