Effectiveness of virtual reality technology in symptom management of end-of-life patients: protocol of a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

With the worsening of population ageing globally, the number of the elderly with chronic and incurable diseases such as malignant tumours is gradually increasing, and the need for palliative care is growing. As a primary task in the end-of-life phase, symptom management is an essential aspect of palliative care, which aims to alleviate distressing symptoms of terminally ill patients and improve their quality of life. Virtual reality (VR) technology, which allows the creation of simulated environments in which a three-dimensional experience is generated, has been increasingly used in palliative care for symptom management. Therefore, we aim to conduct a systematic review to investigate the effects of VR-based interventions on end-of-life patients.

Methods and analysi

SUBMITTER: Xia W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9906251 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature