Revisión bibliográfica de beneficios de la realidad virtual en pacientes con cuidados paliativos

Abstract

Abstract: Virtual reality (VR) has emerged as a novel and promising tool in numerous fields, including its recent integration into healthcare, especially in the field of palliative care, with the aim of providing symptom relief for these patients. The objective of this review was to demonstrate the benefits of virtual reality in patients requiring palliative care. A comprehensive review of the databases ScienceDirect, PubMed, and Clinical Key was conducted, applying inclusion criteria focused on the objective. The results showed 28 articles that highlighted a series of significant benefits, allowing patients to experience relief from pain, anxiety, stress, and depression. They also demonstrated the use of VR for training methods in patients with mobility limitations, as a complementary tool to the use of analgesic drugs and opiates. They concluded that VR is a beneficial new method for alleviating palliative symptoms in populations of all ages with various diseases.