Clinical efficacy of virtual reality for acute procedural pain management: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acutely painful procedures are commonplace. Current approaches to pain most often involve pharmacotherapy, however, there is interest in virtual reality (VR) as a non-pharmacological alternative. A methodologically rigorous systematic review and meta-analysis is lacking.

Methods

Following PRISMA guidelines, we searched the Cochrane Library, Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, ERIC, NIHR Centre for Review and Dissemination, Proquest, the System for Information on Grey Literature in Europe and the WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform from inception to 5 November 2017. Included studies were randomised with an experimental trial design, included a non-VR control group and examined the efficacy of VR with regards to an acutely painful clinical intervention. Bi

SUBMITTER: Chan E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6063420 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature