ArticleGastroenterology & hepatology2023
Virtual Reality: A New Treatment Paradigm for Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction?
Article in Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06647615 (A Pilot Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of Virtual Reality for the Treatment of Abdominal Pain in Quiescent Crohn's Disease), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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A Pilot Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of Virtual Reality for the Treatment of Abdominal Pain in Quiescent Crohn's Disease
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- Effectiveness of virtual reality therapy in the treatment of anxiety disorders in adolescents and adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Beyond Medication: Integrative and Nutrition Therapies for Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction.Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2026Article
- The role of virtual reality in managing inflammatory bowel disease: a novel approach to bridging mental and physical health.Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology · 2025Article
- The role of arousal in maintaining the relationship between insomnia and gastrointestinal conditions.Translational gastroenterology and hepatology · 2024Review
- Assessment of Public's Awareness Regarding Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Aseer Region, Saudi Arabia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBIs), previously called functional bowel disorders, are prevalent, reduce patients' quality of life, and impose a significant negative economic impact on the health care system. Functional dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are 2 of the most common DGBIs. An overlying, and in many cases unifying, symptom for many of these disorders is the presence of abdominal pain. Chronic abdominal pain can be difficult to treat, as many antinociceptive agents are associated with side effects that limit their use and other agents may only partially improve, but not completely relieve, all aspects of the pain. Novel therapies to alleviate chronic pain and the other symptoms that characterize DGBIs are thus needed. Virtual reality (VR), a technology that immerses patients in a multisensory experience, has been shown to relieve pain in burn victims and other instances of somatic pain. Two recent novel studies have demonstrated that VR has the potential to play an important role in the treatment of functional dyspepsia and IBS. This article examines the development of VR, its role in the treatment of somatic and visceral pain, and its potential position in the treatment of DGBIs.
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