Virtual reality-based supportive care interventions for patients with cancer: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
Jie HaoZhengting HeYanfei LiBiying HuangAndréas RemisZixuan YaoDongqi ZhuPublished in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2024)
Virtual reality has proven to be a safe and feasible approach to deliver supportive care in cancer. Virtual reality can be implemented in various stages and settings of the cancer care continuum to support patients undergoing painful procedures, during or after chemotherapy, and after surgical interventions. Virtual reality can serve as an effective supportive care intervention to manage anxiety, pain, and depression for patients with cancer.
Keyphrases
- virtual reality
- meta analyses
- healthcare
- palliative care
- systematic review
- patients undergoing
- pain management
- quality improvement
- randomized controlled trial
- physical activity
- chronic pain
- affordable care act
- squamous cell carcinoma
- depressive symptoms
- sleep quality
- papillary thyroid
- squamous cell
- postoperative pain