Virtual reality therapy in managing cancer pain in middle-aged and elderly: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

IF 2.3 3区生物学 Q2 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES

PeerJ Pub Date : 2024-12-13 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI:10.7717/peerj.18701

Yang Chen, Hui Meng, Qian Chen, Wendong Wu, HaiBin Liu, Shi Lv, Liang Huai

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Abstract

Background: Virtual reality technology has been proposed to rehabilitate cancer patients. This study aimed to summarize the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR)--based therapies for pain management in middle-aged and elderly cancer patients.

Methods: This meta-analysis was registered in PROSPERO (CRD42023400432). We searched the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in PubMed, Scopus, the Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and Embase, conducted from construction until November 1, 2024. The study examined the effects of VR treatment on pain levels in middle-aged and elderly cancer patients using RCTs as primary or secondary outcome measures. Articles were evaluated for eligibility according to predetermined criteria, and each of the three researchers independently collected the data. The researchers used the heterogeneous selection effects model to calculate the mean effect sizes.

Results: This meta-analysis included seven RCTs involving 476 patients. The meta-analysis confirmed the significant effect of VR therapy on the management of pain, anxiety, and depression in the middle-aged and elderly cancer population.

Conclusions: Our research shows that VR could be a significant device for cancer pain management in the middle-aged and elderly and that VR scene therapy may be more effective. Nevertheless, it is essential to use caution when interpreting the findings since the number of research included is small.

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虚拟现实疗法在控制中老年癌症疼痛中的应用：系统综述和荟萃分析。

背景：虚拟现实技术已被提出用于癌症患者的康复。本研究旨在总结基于虚拟现实（VR）的疗法对中老年癌症患者疼痛治疗的有效性：本荟萃分析已在 PROSPERO（CRD42023400432）上注册。我们在 PubMed、Scopus、Cochrane Library、Web of Science 和 Embase 中检索了从构建到 2024 年 11 月 1 日的随机对照试验（RCT）。研究采用 RCT 作为主要或次要结果测量指标，考察了 VR 治疗对中老年癌症患者疼痛水平的影响。研究人员根据预先确定的标准对文章进行了资格评估，三位研究人员分别独立收集数据。研究人员使用异质性选择效应模型计算平均效应大小：这项荟萃分析包括七项研究性试验，涉及 476 名患者。荟萃分析证实，VR疗法对中老年癌症患者的疼痛、焦虑和抑郁控制有显著效果：我们的研究表明，VR 可能是中老年癌症疼痛治疗的重要设备，而且 VR 场景疗法可能更有效。然而，由于纳入的研究数量较少，在解释研究结果时必须谨慎。

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PeerJ MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES-

CiteScore

4.70

自引率

3.70%

发文量

1665

审稿时长

10 weeks

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