mHealth Intelligence April 16, 2024
New research reveals that an immersive VR experience reduced cancer-related pain more significantly than a two-dimensional experience provided via a tablet.
Virtual reality (VR) provided significantly more pain relief to hospitalized cancer patients than a two-dimensional guided imagery experience, according to a new study.
Published in Cancer, the American Cancer Society (ACS) journal, the study assessed whether VR can alleviate acute and chronic pain among hospitalized cancer patients. According to the latest data from ACS, a little over 2 million new cancer cases are expected to be diagnosed, and 611,720 cancer patients are estimated to die in the United States in 2024. Still, much progress has been made in the cancer treatment arena, with the cancer death rate dropping by...
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