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Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Ivan Phelan, Penny J. Furness, Maria Matsangidou, Nathan T. Babiker, Orla Fehily, Andrew Thompson, Alicia Carrion-Plaza, Shirley A. Lindley
Summary: Burn patients often experience pain during therapeutic treatments. Pharmacological painkillers have limited effectiveness and side effects. Virtual Reality has been found to treat procedural pain in burn patients. This study designed, tested, and deployed a Virtual Reality system in a hospital setting to examine its efficiency on burn patients.
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Helene Buche, Aude Michel, Christina Piccoli, Nathalie Blanc
Summary: This study examined the benefits of using VR in scar massage sessions for women with breast cancer after surgery, showing an increase in positive emotions and a decrease in anxiety regardless of support methods used. Participatory VR was found to create a more intense feeling of spatial presence.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Brad Ridout, Joshua Kelson, Andrew Campbell, Kate Steinbeck
Summary: This review systematically identified evidence on the use of virtual reality interventions for adolescents in hospital settings. Virtual reality was found to be a safe and effective way to reduce pain and anxiety in adolescents in hospitals, especially when the software is highly immersive and specifically designed for therapeutic purposes. Larger and more diverse studies are needed to further explore the potential of virtual reality in hospital settings.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Critical Care Medicine
Merve Kaya, Zeynep Karaman Ozlu
Summary: This study aimed to determine the effect of virtual reality (VR) on pain, anxiety, and fear levels during burn dressing in children. A randomized between groups study design was used, and the results showed that the VR group had significantly lower pain intensity, fear, and anxiety levels during wound care compared to the control group. Heart rate was also lower in the VR group.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Francisco-Jose Garcia-Lopez, Jose-Manuel Pastora-Bernal, Noelia Moreno-Morales, Maria-Jose Estebanez-Perez, Antonio Linan-Gonzalez, Rocio Martin-Valero
Summary: A significant number of women experience low back and pelvic pain during and after pregnancy, negatively affecting their daily lives. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a four-week program combining virtual reality and physiotherapy in pregnant women with these pain conditions, and investigate patient satisfaction with the virtual reality intervention.
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
(2023)
Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Yan Wang, Liangmei Guo, Xinjuan Xiong
Summary: This meta-analysis found that virtual reality technology can alleviate pain, fear, and anxiety in children and adolescents undergoing needle procedures.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Integrative & Complementary Medicine
Oliver Czech, Adam Wrzeciono, Ladislav Batalik, Joanna Szczepanska-Gieracha, Iwona Malicka, Sebastian Rutkowski
Summary: This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) interventions in reducing pain, fear, and anxiety during burn wound care procedures. The results showed that VR treatment significantly reduced pain during wound care procedures, especially when immersive VR was used. However, VR treatment did not have a significant effect on range of motion. Further research is needed to explore VR as a distraction method in burn wound care.
COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES IN MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Vanessa A. Olbrecht, Keith T. O'Conor, Sara E. Williams, Chloe O. Boehmer, Gilbert W. Marchant, Susan M. Glynn, Kristie J. Geisler, Lili Ding, Gang Yang, Christopher D. King
Summary: The study aimed to assess the impact of a single guided relaxation-based virtual reality (VR-GR) session on postoperative pain and anxiety reduction in children. The results showed that this method can temporarily reduce pain intensity, pain unpleasantness, and anxiety, with better effects in patients with higher anxiety sensitivity scores.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
T. Sewell, Y. Fung, A. Al-Kufaishi, K. Clifford, S. Quinn
Summary: This study evaluated the effectiveness of virtual reality technology in reducing pain and anxiety during outpatient hysteroscopy procedures. The results showed that the use of virtual reality technology significantly reduced anxiety levels but did not have a significant impact on pain levels.
BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY
(2023)
Letter
Critical Care Medicine
Floriane Puel, Vincent Minville, Fanny Vardon-Bounes
Summary: Virtual reality is a non-pharmacological pain control technique that requires further evaluation in the intensive care unit before being introduced as an alternative method for critical patients.
JOURNAL OF INTENSIVE CARE
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Michael G. Rizzo Jr, Joseph P. Costello, Dylan Luxenburg, Jacob L. Cohen, Nicolas Alberti, Lee D. Kaplan
Summary: Both augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) have been increasingly used in medicine, and this study aimed to investigate the effect of AR on patients' preoperative anxiety. The randomized clinical trial found that the use of AR decreased preoperative anxiety compared to traditional perioperative education, but had no significant effect on postoperative anxiety, pain levels, or narcotic use.
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Benjamin Schoene, Joanna Kisker, Leon Lange, Thomas Gruber, Sophia Sylvester, Roman Osinsky
Summary: Virtual reality (VR) is widely used for studying human behavior and brain functions, but it is unclear whether it represents actual reality or is just an advanced simulation. This study found that real-life and VR height exposures were mostly indistinguishable on a psychophysiological level, indicating that contemporary VR setups are capable of mimicking reality. This opens up possibilities for studying real-world cognitive and emotional processes in controlled laboratory conditions.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Nursing
Bihter Akin, Mine Yilmaz Kocak, Zehra Kucukaydin, Kubra Guzel
Summary: This study shows that showing images of the fetus to women with virtual reality glasses can reduce labor pain and anxiety levels.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING
(2021)
Review
Cell Biology
Masood Mazaheri, Raoul F. Crooijmans, Maya Vereen, Eveline M. L. Corten
Summary: This study aimed to assess the impact of virtual reality (VR) on pain, anxiety, opioid usage, and patients' experience in wound care. The results showed that VR significantly reduced pain and improved patients' experience, but had no clear effect on anxiety or opioid usage. Personalized treatment plans may be a promising direction for future development.
WOUND REPAIR AND REGENERATION
(2023)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Vivek C. Pandrangi, Garren Low, Allison Slijepcevic, Suparna Shah, Maisie Shindo, Joshua Schindler, Alessa Colaianni, Daniel Clayburgh, Peter Andersen, Paul Flint, Mark K. Wax, Ryan J. Li
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of different virtual reality (VR) experiences on perioperative anxiety and pain among patients undergoing head and neck surgery. The study found that the use of different VR experiences can significantly reduce perioperative anxiety and pain among outpatient head and neck surgery patients.