Effectiveness of virtual reality in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Virtual reality is on the rise and is currently postulated as one of the most innovative and promising techniques in the management of pain and anxiety in cancer patients, in the face of painful processes or the stress involved in chemotherapy treatment. The objective has been to find out the effectiveness of virtual reality in patients undergoing chemotherapy. Several literature reviews were conducted between November 2023 and January 2024 in the Pubmed, Web of Science and PEDro databases. The keywords "virtual reality," "cancer," "oncology," "exercise" and "chemotherapy" were combined using the Boolean operator AND. 641 manuscripts were selected as potential manuscripts and after elimination of duplicates and application of the inclusion and exclusion criteria, six articles comprised the

SUBMITTER: Alvarado-Omenat JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11789450 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature