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Virtual reality (VR) in practice and research: the mounting evidence supporting development and testing of VR applications to relieve pain during wound care and beyond
  1. Patricia O’Malley1,2
  1. 1Nursing Research, Premier Health Partners, Dayton, Ohio, USA
  2. 2Nursing, Indiana University East, Richmond, Indiana, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Patricia O’Malley; pomalley{at}premierhealth.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2024-104139

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    Commentary on: Lou J, Li J, Fan Y, et al. Effects of virtual reality on analgesia in wound care and physical therapy for burn patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Pain Manag Nursing. 2024; 25(4):377–388.

    Implications for practice and research

    • Virtual reality (VR) is a promising distraction intervention for pain and anxiety. Which type of VR and most effective length of exposure to reduce symptom burden is unknown.

    • Future research must address this gap to discover best practices for the frequency, intensity and duration of VR therapy for analgesia.

    Context

    Over the past 20 years, virtual reality (VR) has emerged in culture and healthcare providing a virtual world with audio and visual stimuli that can be immersive or non-immersive. Immersive VR has headsets with motion detectors that enable a multidimensional environmental experience with sensory feedback. Non-immersive …

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    Footnotes

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.