Trial reportThe American journal of hospice & palliative care2021
The Potential of Personalized Virtual Reality in Palliative Care: A Feasibility Trial.
Trial report in The American journal of hospice & palliative care, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07567391 (Virtual Reality Nature Therapy for Palliative Patients and Caregivers in Saudi Arabia), which is not on this map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Virtual Reality Nature Therapy for Palliative Patients and Caregivers in Saudi Arabia: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Support Quality of Life and Cultural Adaptation
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Efficacy of Virtual Reality in Managing Pain for Patients in Palliative Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2026Pooled it
- How effective is virtual reality technology in palliative care? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Palliative medicine · 2022Pooled it
- The Impact of Patient and Professional Users' Involvement in Implementation for Virtual Reality in Hospitalised Palliative Cancer Patients in a German Cancer Centre-A Qualitative Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Application of digital technology intervention in palliative care: a scoping review.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- Targeted Digital Health Intervention in End-of-Life and Hospice Care: A Scoping Review.Journal of advanced nursing · 2025Article
- A scoping review of digital technology applications in palliative care.BMC palliative care · 2024Article
- Expected benefits and concerns regarding virtual reality in caring for terminally ill cancer patients - a qualitative interview study.BMC palliative care · 2024Article
- Virtual Reality Videos for Symptom Management in Hospice and Palliative Care.Mayo Clinic proceedings. Digital health · 2024Article
- Experiences and perceptions of palliative care patients receiving virtual reality therapy: a meta-synthesis of qualitative studies.BMC palliative care · 2024Article
- User Experience in Virtual Reality (VR) Applications for Elderly People with Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: A Scoping Review.Current Alzheimer research · 2024Article
- My virtual home: needs of patients in palliative cancer care and content effects of individualized virtual reality - a mixed methods study protocol.BMC palliative care · 2023Article
- Integrating knowledge, skills, and attitudes: professional training required for virtual reality therapists in palliative care.Frontiers in medical technology · 2023Article
- Virtual reality reduces pain in palliative care-A feasibility trial.BMC palliative care · 2022Observational
- Virtual Reality in Palliative Care: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundVirtual Reality can help alleviate symptoms in a non-palliative care population. Personalized therapy can further alleviate these symptoms. There is little evidence in a palliative care population.
aimTo understand the feasibility of repeated personalized virtual reality sessions in a palliative care population.
designA feasibility randomized control trial. Intervention: personalized virtual reality, Control: non-personalized virtual reality. All participants completed a 4-minute virtual reality session for 4 weeks. At each point, the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System-Revised (scored 0 = none up to 100 = worst) was completed pre- and post- each session. A time-series regression analysis was completed for the overall effect. SETTING/
participantsThe research took place in one hospice. The main inclusion criteria was: (1) under the care of the hospice (2) advanced disease (3) over 18 years (4) physically able to use virtual reality set (5) capacity (6) proficient English.
resultsTwenty-six participants enrolled, of which 20 (77%) completed all sessions. At baseline, the intervention group had a mean pre- score of 26.3 (SD 15.1) which reduced to 11.5 (SD 12.6) after the first session. At the same time point, the control group had a mean pre- score of 37.9 (SD 21.6) which reduced to 25.5 (SD 17.4) post-session. The mean scores dropped following each session, however this was not significant (mean difference = -1.3, 95% CI: -6.4 to 3.7, p = 0.601).
conclusionsIt is feasible to complete repeated virtual reality sessions within a palliative care population. Future research should explore the structure and effectiveness of virtual reality in a fully powered trial.
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