Systematic review and meta-analysis of virtual reality in pediatrics: effects on pain and anxiety

R Eijlers, EMWJ Utens, LM Staals… - Anesthesia & …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Medical procedures often evoke pain and anxiety in pediatric patients.
Virtual reality (VR) is a relatively new intervention that can be used to provide distraction …

[HTML][HTML] The effectiveness of virtual reality in managing acute pain and anxiety for medical inpatients: systematic review

V Smith, RR Warty, JA Sursas, O Payne, A Nair… - Journal of medical …, 2020 - jmir.org
Background: Virtual reality is increasingly being utilized by clinicians to facilitate analgesia
and anxiolysis within an inpatient setting. There is however, a lack of a clinically relevant …

The coping circumplex model: An integrative model of the structure of coping with stress

K Stanisławski - Frontiers in psychology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
It seems obvious that the identification of coping structure is necessary to understand how
stress affects human health and functioning. Despite numerous coping conceptualization …

Virtual reality as a distraction intervention to relieve pain and distress during medical procedures: a comprehensive literature review

P Indovina, D Barone, L Gallo, A Chirico… - The Clinical journal …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: This review aims to provide a framework for evaluating the utility of virtual reality
(VR) as a distraction intervention to alleviate pain and distress during medical procedures …

Virtual reality as a distraction technique for pain and anxiety among patients with breast cancer: a randomized control trial

EB Mohammad, M Ahmad - Palliative & supportive care, 2019 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveThe goal of this study was to assess the effectiveness of immersive virtual reality
(VR) distraction technology in reducing pain and anxiety among female patients with breast …

The effectiveness of virtual reality distraction for pain reduction: a systematic review

KM Malloy, LS Milling - Clinical psychology review, 2010 - Elsevier
Virtual reality technology enables people to become immersed in a computer-simulated,
three-dimensional environment. This article provides a comprehensive review of controlled …

Clinical efficacy of virtual reality for acute procedural pain management: A systematic review and meta-analysis

E Chan, S Foster, R Sambell, P Leong - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Acutely painful procedures are commonplace. Current approaches to pain most
often involve pharmacotherapy, however, there is interest in virtual reality (VR) as a non …

The impact of virtual reality on chronic pain

T Jones, T Moore, J Choo - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
The treatment of chronic pain could benefit from additional non-opioid interventions. Virtual
reality (VR) has been shown to be effective in decreasing pain for procedural or acute pain …

Virtual reality as an adjunctive non-pharmacologic analgesic for acute burn pain during medical procedures

HG Hoffman, GT Chambers, WJ Meyer III… - Annals of behavioral …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Excessive pain during medical procedures is a widespread problem but is
especially problematic during daily wound care of patients with severe burn injuries …

Efficacy of smartphone active and passive virtual reality distraction vs standard care on burn pain among pediatric patients: a randomized clinical trial

H Xiang, J Shen, KK Wheeler, J Patterson… - JAMA Network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance It is unknown whether smartphone-based virtual reality (VR) games are effective
in reducing pain among pediatric patients in real-world burn clinics. Objective To evaluate …