英文摘要 |
Wound care on patients with burn injuries is a very suffering experience. Nonpharmacologic techniques based adjuncts to pain medications are necessary. However, immersive virtual reality (VR) may diverts attention away from the pain during wound dressing change by immersing patients in a computer generated environment. The aim of this study was to update the evidence related to the effectiveness of VR for reducing pain during burn wound dressing changes. The review focused on studies published before August 2015, and included searches of the following databases: Cochrane Library, PubMed, MEDLINE, ProQuest and Airiti Library. We searched for keywords including burn injury, VR, and pain. Inclusion criteria was to identify all randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that evaluated the efficacy of VR to reduce pain during burn wound dressing changes. Study quality was assessed using the Modified Jadad scale. Nine RCTs that enrolled a total of 204 burn patients were included. The sample size ranged from 7 to 42 patients. A visual display of SnowWorld was constructed. The patients interacts with the virtual world prior to the wound care and after completing the changing of wound dressing that they would like to play some more. Six studies supporting that VR was an effective nonpharmacologic pain reduction technique for burn patients during wound care. About safety, eight studies reported VR with no side effects or mean nausea ratings were negligible. These results can be used as a reference for pain management during burn wound dressing change in conjunction with nonpharmacologic method. However, further studies with larger sample sizes are required to update these results. |