2014
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2014.0202
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Mobile Devices as Adjunctive Pain Management Tools

Abstract: Approximately 108 million people in North America and Europe suffer from chronic pain. Virtual reality (VR) is a promising method for pain management in a clinical setting due to the distracting properties of an immersive virtual environment. In this study, we demonstrated the potential use of mobile phones as a means of delivering an easily accessible, immersive experience. Thirty-one patients tested VR pain distraction. Objective measurements of heart rate correlated to decreased anxiety, while, subjectively… Show more

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“…Mobile phones and their psychological effects have been a point of interest for researchers in recent years. Although research has assessed the effects of active mobile phone use on pain management (e.g., Wiederhold, Gao, Kong, & Wiederhold, 2014), most mobile phone interaction is passive. If personal phones are associated with social support, the mere presence/absence of a mobile phone may influence pain responses.…”
Section: Figurementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Mobile phones and their psychological effects have been a point of interest for researchers in recent years. Although research has assessed the effects of active mobile phone use on pain management (e.g., Wiederhold, Gao, Kong, & Wiederhold, 2014), most mobile phone interaction is passive. If personal phones are associated with social support, the mere presence/absence of a mobile phone may influence pain responses.…”
Section: Figurementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Due to their built in social capabilities, mobile phones may pose as a good tool to increase pain tolerance. Mobile phones have been useful in previous studies to aid in physical pain and stress manage ment via different applications such as virtual reality (Wiederhold, Gao, Kong, & Wiederhold, 2014), mobiledelivered narratives (Grassi, Gaggioli, & Riva, 2011), and smartphone diaries (Garcia Palacios et al, 2013). However, little research has been conducted to test the effects of the mere pres ence of mobile phones on physical pain.…”
Section: Mobile Phones and Physical Painmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Besides validating the palliative effects of VR systems in clinical scenarios, there has been studies to analyze the efficacy of mobile phones in delivering VR services to the patients [76], [108]. Although not as effective like the costly wired HMDs, mobile devices are shown to mitigate the pain-level and psychological indicators such as heart rate [109]. Such mobile VR approach can enable the paradigm shift of moving palliative, rehabilitative and preventive care at the remote distances from the patients' homes and clinics.…”
Section: ) Mobile Ar/vrmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Patients reported both subjective decreases in pain and stress (and increases in relaxation), as well as a decrease in objective physiological measures (heart rate), confirming a less aroused state. 6 …”
Section: Chronic Painmentioning
confidence: 99%