Is virtual reality useful for pain management in patients who undergo medical procedures?
ABSTRACT Pain management is a complex medical issue, and many efforts have been done to develop new non-pharmacological therapies. Virtual reality is a technology apparatus that make an interaction between human and virtual environment through an hardware (usually a headset) linked to a computer or...
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| description | ABSTRACT Pain management is a complex medical issue, and many efforts have been done to develop new non-pharmacological therapies. Virtual reality is a technology apparatus that make an interaction between human and virtual environment through an hardware (usually a headset) linked to a computer or a mobile, by using a software. Additionally, this virtual setting can be adapted to any type of scenario. Thus, it is plausible that the software used should be personalized depending on patient’s experiences and expectations. The use of virtual reality as a medical tool for pain relief or decrease analgesics use by promoting a cognitive distraction is a low cost and promising instrument for pain management in patients who undergo medical procedures. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b76bd341b2df4640a1124662a430e9242022-12-21T17:33:17ZengInstituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert EinsteinEinstein (São Paulo)2317-638517210.31744/einstein_journal/2019md4837S1679-45082019000200800Is virtual reality useful for pain management in patients who undergo medical procedures?Daniel Melecchi de Oliveira FreitasViviane Souto SpadoniABSTRACT Pain management is a complex medical issue, and many efforts have been done to develop new non-pharmacological therapies. Virtual reality is a technology apparatus that make an interaction between human and virtual environment through an hardware (usually a headset) linked to a computer or a mobile, by using a software. Additionally, this virtual setting can be adapted to any type of scenario. Thus, it is plausible that the software used should be personalized depending on patient’s experiences and expectations. The use of virtual reality as a medical tool for pain relief or decrease analgesics use by promoting a cognitive distraction is a low cost and promising instrument for pain management in patients who undergo medical procedures.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082019000200800&lng=en&tlng=enRealidade virtualManejo da dorTerapia de exposição à realidade virtual |
| spellingShingle | Daniel Melecchi de Oliveira Freitas Viviane Souto Spadoni Is virtual reality useful for pain management in patients who undergo medical procedures? Einstein (São Paulo) Realidade virtual Manejo da dor Terapia de exposição à realidade virtual |
| title | Is virtual reality useful for pain management in patients who undergo medical procedures? |
| title_full | Is virtual reality useful for pain management in patients who undergo medical procedures? |
| title_fullStr | Is virtual reality useful for pain management in patients who undergo medical procedures? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is virtual reality useful for pain management in patients who undergo medical procedures? |
| title_short | Is virtual reality useful for pain management in patients who undergo medical procedures? |
| title_sort | is virtual reality useful for pain management in patients who undergo medical procedures |
| topic | Realidade virtual Manejo da dor Terapia de exposição à realidade virtual |
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