Virtual Reality as a Nonpharmacological Tool for Acute Pain Management: A Scoping Review.
Background: Acute pain (AP) is a prevalent symptom in hospital settings, affecting up to 84 percent of the patients seeking healthcare services. It significantly impacts an individual's quality of life, with inadequate management resulting in slower recovery, increased cost of care, and a greater ri...
| Publicado en: | Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 28 - 51 |
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| Formato: | questions and answers research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article |
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Matrix Medical Communications, LLC
Jan-Mar2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=184343808&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 184343808 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 21588333 DAD5 jtl: Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience issn: 21588333 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jan-Mar2025 vid: 22 iid: 1 pid: 33670 pub: Matrix Medical Communications, LLC place: West Chester, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 184343808 184343808 184343808 184343808 ppf: 28 ppct: 23 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Virtual Reality as a Nonpharmacological Tool for Acute Pain Management: A Scoping Review. aug: au: Gopalan, Ragaviveka Pande, Himanshi Narayanan, Saralya Chinnaswami, Adith affil: Ms. Gopalan and Dr. Chinnaswami are with MediSim VR in Chennai, India. sug: subj: Acute Disease Therapy Pain Therapy Pain Management Virtual Reality Utilization Alternative Therapies Research Instruments Human PubMed ERIC Database Scoping Review Descriptive Statistics Patient Satisfaction Literature Searching Analgesics Distraction Needles Pain, Procedural Toothache Perioperative Care Postoperative Pain Wound Care Labor Labor Complications ab: Background: Acute pain (AP) is a prevalent symptom in hospital settings, affecting up to 84 percent of the patients seeking healthcare services. It significantly impacts an individual's quality of life, with inadequate management resulting in slower recovery, increased cost of care, and a greater risk of developing chronic pain. While pharmacological approaches are effective, they are associated with numerous side effects, including nausea, addiction, and the possibility of fatal overdoses. Given this, virtual reality (VR) offers an innovative avenue to manage AP effectively while minimizing the effects of drugs. Objectives: This study aims to map the extent of literature on utilizing VR as a tool for the nonpharmacological management of AP. Specifically, this review attempts to understand the characteristics of the populations using VR for AP management, the technical specifications and mechanisms used to alleviate AP, and the overall effectiveness of VR in managing AP. Methods: A scoping review was conducted to identify literature from the following electronic databases: PubMed, ScienceDirect, ERIC, and Google Scholar. To be included in this review, articles had to focus on AP in both adult and pediatric populations and address AP using VR in any clinical or care setting. The search was limited to peer-reviewed, English-language, quantitative research articles published between 2000 and 2024. Results: A total of 97 studies were identified. Sixty-six percent of studies demonstrated the efficacy of VR as an analgesic, outperforming traditional nonpharmacological approaches (eg, standard of care, mobile phones). Distraction was the most effective VR mechanism for pain management, showing efficacy in 86.9 percent of studies. The most common focus was on needle-related pain (30.9%), followed by dental and perioperative pain (15.5% each). VR was most effective in wound care (87.5%), followed by labor-related (83.33%) and dental (80%) pain. Conclusion: VR is a promising tool for managing AP, offering considerable benefits in terms of patient care, patient experience, and reduction in drug-related side effects. The high efficacy rates for wound care, labor-related pain, and dental pain highlight the potential for VR to be integrated into standard pain management protocols. However, further research, with rigorous research design, is required to standardize VR interventions and optimize their effectiveness across different patient populations and pain contexts. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: questions and answers research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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