SynthesisJournal of medical Internet research2014
A decade of research on the use of three-dimensional virtual worlds in health care: a systematic literature review.
Synthesis in Journal of medical Internet research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03684668 (Psychoeducational Intervention Through Meta - Universes on Self - Efficacy in the Use of Condoms and Sexual Behavior in University Students of the Autonomous University of Chile, 2018.), which is not on this map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Psychoeducational Intervention Through Meta - Universes on Self - Efficacy in the Use of Condoms and Sexual Behavior in University Students of the Autonomous University of Chile, 2018.
Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 151 citations in OpenAlex.
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Abstract
backgroundA three-dimensional virtual world (3DVW) is a computer-simulated electronic 3D virtual environment that users can explore, inhabit, communicate, and interact with via avatars, which are graphical representations of the users. Since the early 2000s, 3DVWs have emerged as a technology that has much to offer the health care sector.
objectiveThe purpose of this study was to characterize different application areas of various 3DVWs in health and medical context and categorize them into meaningful categories.
methodsThis study employs a systematic literature review on the application areas of 3DVWs in health care. Our search resulted in 62 papers from five top-ranking scientific databases published from 1990 to 2013 that describe the use of 3DVWs for health care specific purposes. We noted a growth in the number of academic studies on the topic since 2006.
resultsWe found a wide range of application areas for 3DVWs in health care and classified them into the following six categories: academic education, professional education, treatment, evaluation, lifestyle, and modeling. The education category, including professional and academic education, contains the largest number of papers (n=34), of which 23 are related to the academic education category and 11 to the professional education category. Nine papers are allocated to treatment category, and 8 papers have contents related to evaluation. In 4 of the papers, the authors used 3DVWs for modeling, and 3 papers targeted lifestyle purposes. The results indicate that most of the research to date has focused on education in health care. We also found that most studies were undertaken in just two countries, the United States and the United Kingdom.
conclusions3D virtual worlds present several innovative ways to carry out a wide variety of health-related activities. The big picture of application areas of 3DVWs presented in this review could be of value and offer insights to both the health care community and researchers.
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