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ReviewFrontiers in public health2022

The paradigm and future value of the metaverse for the intervention of cognitive decline.

Hao Zhou, Jian-Yi Gao, Ying Chen

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Review in Frontiers in public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Metaverse-Related and Immersive Digital Technologies in Neurorehabilitation: A Scoping Review.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Hao ZhouFaculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Jian-Yi GaoInstitute of Medical Genetics, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Wuxi Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Wuxi, China.
Ying ChenInstitute of Medical Genetics, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Wuxi Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Wuxi, China.
Jiangnan University · CNNanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital · CNUniversity of Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cognitive decline is a gradual neurodegenerative process that is affected by genetic and environmental factors. The doctor-patient relationship in the healthcare for cognitive decline is in a "shallow" medical world. With the development of data science, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and digital twin, the introduction of the concept of the metaverse in medicine has brought alternative and complementary strategies in the intervention of cognitive decline. This article technically analyzes the application scenarios and paradigms of the metaverse in medicine in the field of mental health, such as hospital management, diagnosis, prediction, prevention, rehabilitation, progression delay, assisting life, companionship, and supervision. The metaverse in medicine has made primary progress in education, immersive consultation, dental disease, and Parkinson's disease, bringing revolutionary prospects for non-pharmacological complementary treatment of cognitive decline and other mental problems. In particular, with the demand for non-face-to-face communication generated by the global COVID-19 epidemic, the needs for uncontactable healthcare service for the elderly have increased. The paradigm of self-monitoring, self-healing, and healthcare experienced by the elderly through the metaverse in medicine, especially from meta-platform, meta-community, and meta-hospital, will be generated, which will reconstruct the service modes for the elderly people. The future map of the metaverse in medicine is huge, which depends on the co-construction of community partners.

Indexed as

Cognitive DysfunctionCOVID-19AgedArtificial IntelligenceHumansMental HealthPhysician-Patient RelationsAlzheimer's diseasecognitive declinedigital twinmental healthmetaverse in medicinevirtual reality

Identifiers

PMID36339131
PMCPMC9631202
OpenAlexW4306860847

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