User Experience in Immersive Virtual Reality-Induced Hypoalgesia in Adults and Children Suffering from Pain Conditions

Abstract: Pain is the most common reason for medical consultation and use of health care resources. The high socio-economic burden of pain justifies seeking an appropriate therapeutic strategy. Immersive virtual reality (VR) has emerged as a first-line non-pharmacological option for pain management....

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Autores: Guerra Armas, Javier, Flores Cortés, Mar, Ceniza Bordallo, Guillermo, Matamala Gómez, Marta
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Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
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Palabra clave:Tractament del dolor
Dolor
Realitat virtual
Pain treatment
Pain
Virtual reality
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spelling User Experience in Immersive Virtual Reality-Induced Hypoalgesia in Adults and Children Suffering from Pain ConditionsGuerra Armas, JavierFlores Cortés, MarCeniza Bordallo, GuillermoMatamala Gómez, MartaTractament del dolorDolorRealitat virtualPain treatmentPainVirtual realityAbstract: Pain is the most common reason for medical consultation and use of health care resources. The high socio-economic burden of pain justifies seeking an appropriate therapeutic strategy. Immersive virtual reality (VR) has emerged as a first-line non-pharmacological option for pain management. However, the growing literature has not been accompanied by substantial progress in understanding how VR could reduce the pain experience, with some user experience factors being associated with the hypoalgesic effects of immersive VR. The aim of this review is (i) to summarize the state of the art on the effects of VR on adults and children suffering from pain conditions; (ii) to identify and summarize how mechanisms across immersive VR user experience influence hypoalgesic effects in patients with acute and chronic pain among adults and children. A critical narrative review based on PICOT criteria (P = Patient or Population and Problem; I = Intervention or Indicator; C = O = Outcome; T = Type) was conducted that includes experimental studies or systematic reviews involving studies in experimentally induced pain, acute pain, or chronic pain in adults and children. The results suggest an association between immersive VR-induced hypoalgesia and user experience such as distraction, presence, interactivity, gamification, and virtual embodiment. These findings suggest that hierarchical relationships might exist between user experience related factors and greater hypoalgesic effects following an immersive VR intervention. This relationship needs to be considered in the design and development of VR-based strategies for pain management.MDPI2024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/216498Articles publicats en revistes (Cognició, Desenvolupament i Psicologia de l'Educació)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3390/mti8080066Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, 2024, vol. 8, num.8, 66https://doi.org/10.3390/mti8080066cc-by (c) Guerra-Armas, J. et al., 2024http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/2164982026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv User Experience in Immersive Virtual Reality-Induced Hypoalgesia in Adults and Children Suffering from Pain Conditions
title User Experience in Immersive Virtual Reality-Induced Hypoalgesia in Adults and Children Suffering from Pain Conditions
spellingShingle User Experience in Immersive Virtual Reality-Induced Hypoalgesia in Adults and Children Suffering from Pain Conditions
Guerra Armas, Javier
Tractament del dolor
Dolor
Realitat virtual
Pain treatment
Pain
Virtual reality
title_short User Experience in Immersive Virtual Reality-Induced Hypoalgesia in Adults and Children Suffering from Pain Conditions
title_full User Experience in Immersive Virtual Reality-Induced Hypoalgesia in Adults and Children Suffering from Pain Conditions
title_fullStr User Experience in Immersive Virtual Reality-Induced Hypoalgesia in Adults and Children Suffering from Pain Conditions
title_full_unstemmed User Experience in Immersive Virtual Reality-Induced Hypoalgesia in Adults and Children Suffering from Pain Conditions
title_sort User Experience in Immersive Virtual Reality-Induced Hypoalgesia in Adults and Children Suffering from Pain Conditions
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Guerra Armas, Javier
Flores Cortés, Mar
Ceniza Bordallo, Guillermo
Matamala Gómez, Marta
author Guerra Armas, Javier
author_facet Guerra Armas, Javier
Flores Cortés, Mar
Ceniza Bordallo, Guillermo
Matamala Gómez, Marta
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Ceniza Bordallo, Guillermo
Matamala Gómez, Marta
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Tractament del dolor
Dolor
Realitat virtual
Pain treatment
Pain
Virtual reality
topic Tractament del dolor
Dolor
Realitat virtual
Pain treatment
Pain
Virtual reality
description Abstract: Pain is the most common reason for medical consultation and use of health care resources. The high socio-economic burden of pain justifies seeking an appropriate therapeutic strategy. Immersive virtual reality (VR) has emerged as a first-line non-pharmacological option for pain management. However, the growing literature has not been accompanied by substantial progress in understanding how VR could reduce the pain experience, with some user experience factors being associated with the hypoalgesic effects of immersive VR. The aim of this review is (i) to summarize the state of the art on the effects of VR on adults and children suffering from pain conditions; (ii) to identify and summarize how mechanisms across immersive VR user experience influence hypoalgesic effects in patients with acute and chronic pain among adults and children. A critical narrative review based on PICOT criteria (P = Patient or Population and Problem; I = Intervention or Indicator; C = O = Outcome; T = Type) was conducted that includes experimental studies or systematic reviews involving studies in experimentally induced pain, acute pain, or chronic pain in adults and children. The results suggest an association between immersive VR-induced hypoalgesia and user experience such as distraction, presence, interactivity, gamification, and virtual embodiment. These findings suggest that hierarchical relationships might exist between user experience related factors and greater hypoalgesic effects following an immersive VR intervention. This relationship needs to be considered in the design and development of VR-based strategies for pain management.
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