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ArticleVirtual reality2023

Designing effective virtual reality environments for pain management in burn-injured patients.

Ivan Phelan, Penny J Furness, Maria Matsangidou, Nathan T Babiker, Orla Fehily, Andrew Thompson, Alicia Carrion-Plaza, Shirley A Lindley

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Article in Virtual reality, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. [Current applications and prospects of artificial intelligence in burn diagnosis and treatment].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ivan PhelanCentre for Culture, Media and Society, College of Social Sciences and Arts, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, S1 1WB UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5120-8256
Penny J FurnessCentre for Behavioural Science and Applied Psychology (CeBSAP), College of Social Sciences and Arts, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, S1 1WB UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4916-8800
Maria MatsangidouCentre for Culture, Media and Society, College of Social Sciences and Arts, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, S1 1WB UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3804-5565
Nathan T BabikerDepartment of Psychological Services, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, S10 2JF UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8355-9069
Orla FehilyDepartment of Psychological Services, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, S10 2JF UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3712-6427
Andrew ThompsonDepartment of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S1 2LT UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6788-7222
Alicia Carrion-PlazaCentre for Culture, Media and Society, College of Social Sciences and Arts, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, S1 1WB UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7815-1472
Shirley A LindleyCentre for Culture, Media and Society, College of Social Sciences and Arts, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, S1 1WB UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8797-6780
Sheffield Hallam University · GBSheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · GBUniversity of Sheffield · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_PC_15034
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Burn patients engage in repetitive painful therapeutic treatments, such as wound debridement, dressing changes, and other medical processes high in procedural pain. Pharmacological analgesics have been used for managing pain, but with ineffective results and negative side effects. Studies on pain management for burn patients suggested that Virtual Reality can treat procedural pain. This paper describes the process of designing, testing, and deploying a Virtual Reality system into a hospital setting. Firstly, a workshop was conducted to identify the most suitable types of Virtual Reality contents for the needs of burn-injured patients. Then, an experimental study, with 15 healthy adults, explored the analgesic impact of the Virtual Reality contents. The pain was induced through a cold pressor. Finally, we deployed the Virtual Reality system into the hospital to examine its efficiency on burn-injured inpatients. This study presents factors for the effective design and deployment of Virtual Reality for burn-injured patients residing in a hospital. Those factors refer to the use of cartoonish features and a choice of content based on each patient's interests to increase the positive emotions and the use of interactive features, portable equipment to reduce pain and increase the feasibility of the technology in clinical settings. Finally, our results indicated that the extension of the VR use after the therapeutic session could support more effective pain treatment.

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AnxietyBurn injuriesInteractivityPainPatient-centred designVirtual reality

Identifiers

PMID36915632
PMCPMC9998585
OpenAlexW3175621169

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