The Effectiveness of Virtual Reality in Managing Acute Pain and Anxiety for Medical Inpatients: Systematic Review

• Main Authors: Smith, Vinayak (Author), Warty, Ritesh Rikain (Author), Sursas, Joel Arun (Author), Payne, Olivia (Author), Nair, Amrish (Author), Krishnan, Sathya (Author), da Silva Costa, Fabricio (Author), Wallace, Euan Morrison (Author), Vollenhoven, Beverley (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundVirtual 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 review to guide its use for this purpose. ObjectiveTo systematically review the current evidence for the effica...