Advances in the research of virtual reality technology for pain intervention after burns

Abstract

Pain is one of the most common complications of burn patients. Burn from onset to rehabilitation is a long and complex process, during which dressing change, debridement, operation, and rehabilitation may cause different degrees of pain to the patients. As one of the means of non-pharmaceutical pain management, the interventional effect of virtual reality technology has gradually been recognized by more and more researchers. This paper reviewed the definition, the interventional mechanisms, and the interventional effect on burn pain of virtual reality technology, to provide a reference for clinical application of virtual reality technology in pain management of burn patients.