The Effectiveness of Virtual Reality on Reducing Pain and Anxiety in Burn Injury Patients

Morris, Linzette; Louw, Quinette; Grimmer, Karen

doi:10.1097/ajp.0b013e3181aaa909

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“…In line with the present study Morris et al concluded that by diverting the attention from an unpleasant medical setting to a pleasant and absorbing virtual world, virtual reality can markedly diminish patient's subjective pain experience. [28] In the recent studies conducted by Asvanund et al, [29] Khotana et-al, [8] Fakhurdin et-al and Hoge et al, [1,6] the results are corresponding to the current study where a significant reduction in anxiety and positive behaviour was instilled via the videoeyeglass in pediatric dental patients. Moreover in the present study, sedated children with N2O/O2 showed reduction in anxiety as depicted by pulse rate and Venham's anxiety scores.…”

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Management of Dental Anxiety: Is There Scope Beyond Conscious Sedation?

Khanday¹,

Prabhakar²,

B.M³

et al. 2018

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Background: Dental anxiety is a common problem, which can affect people of all ages, but appears to develop mostly in childhood. Practitioners use numerous methods to control dental anxiety in children during the dental procedures. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of nitrous oxide/oxygen (N2O/O2) inhalation sedation and video-eyeglass distraction (VED) in the management of anxious pediatric patients during dental extraction. Methods: The study was conducted on 40 children aged 6-12 years who required extraction of at-least one mandibular primary molar under local anesthesia. The children were randomly divided into two groups with 20 children in each -Group-A wearing videoeyeglass and Group-B using N2O/O2 inhalation sedation during dental extraction. The physiological assessment was done by recording heart rate using fingertip pulse oximeter. The psychological assessment was done by recording base line anxiety before the treatment and post treatment anxiety at the completion of extraction using Venham's anxiety scale (VAS). Independent t-test with p value <0.05 level of significance was used to compare means of two groups. Results: Comparison of Venham's anxiety score of participants at the completion of extraction, showed statistically no significant difference (p=0.946). The mean pulse rate recorded at different time points between the two groups was also statistically non-significant (P=0.923, 0.957, 1.00 respectively). Conclusion: Both N2O/O2 inhalation sedation and VED were equally effective in reducing anxiety during dental extraction but considering the adverse effects and requirement of expert personnel in N2O/O2 inhalation sedation, VED may be preferred because of its better applicability.

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Management of Dental Anxiety: Is There Scope Beyond Conscious Sedation?

Khanday¹,

Prabhakar²,

B.M³

et al. 2018

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“…The system provides the user with an overall illusion of different senses and creates an immersive experience [10]. Indeed, a range of studies have explored clinical uses of VR, including pain management, physical rehabilitation and psychotherapy [11,12,13]. In recent years, low cost consumer-facing immersive VR systems have become widely available (e.g., Google Cardboard, Gear VR, Oculus Rift 1 ).…”

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“…Research in the past decades has suggested that VR technology could provide an alternative solution to pain management [10,11,12,13]. For instance, VR can allow a patient to concentrate on the virtual experience, thus distracting him/herself from the perception of nociceptive signals, and pain [15].…”

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How Real Is Unreal?

Matsangidou

Ang

Mauger

et al. 2017

Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2017

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Abstract. As a consequence of prolonged muscle contraction, acute pain arises during exercise due to a build-up of noxious biochemicals in and around the muscle. Specific visual cues, e.g., the size of the object in weight lifting exercises, may reduce acute pain experienced during exercise. In this study, we examined how Virtual Reality (VR) can facilitate this "material-weight illusion", influencing perception of task difficulty, which may reduce perceived pain. We found that when vision understated the real weight, the time to exhaustion was 2 minutes longer. Furthermore, participants' heart rate was significantly lower by 5-7 bpm in the understated session. We concluded that visual-proprioceptive information modulated the individual's willingness to continue to exercise for longer, primarily by reducing the intensity of negative perceptions of pain and effort associated with exercise. This result could inform the design of VR aimed at increasing the level of physical activity and thus a healthier lifestyle.

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“…These results are also in keeping with studies carried out in medical literature, where VR glasses have been used as a distraction to overcome pain, fear, and anxiety in a number of treatment procedures, such as treatment of burn care, chemotherapy, traumatic injuries, injection or blood sampling, and physiotherapy. [10][11][12][13][14][15] The effect of VR distraction in decreasing perceived pain and anxiety can be attributed to a number of reasons. The application of VR distraction is based on the assumption that pain perception has a large psychological component and that pain attracts a strong attentive response because of the potential threat of damaged tissue associated with the sensation.…”

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Effect of Virtual Reality Distraction on Pain Perception during Dental Treatment in Children

Panda¹

2017

IJOCRWEB

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The Effectiveness of Virtual Reality on Reducing Pain and Anxiety in Burn Injury Patients

Cited by 214 publications

References 33 publications

Management of Dental Anxiety: Is There Scope Beyond Conscious Sedation?

Management of Dental Anxiety: Is There Scope Beyond Conscious Sedation?

How Real Is Unreal?

Effect of Virtual Reality Distraction on Pain Perception during Dental Treatment in Children

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