Hoffman Hunter G, Patterson David R, Magula Jeff, Carrougher Gretchen J, Zeltzer Karen, Dagadakis Stephen, Sharar Sam R
Human Interface Technology Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA.
J Clin Psychol. 2004 Feb;60(2):189-95. doi: 10.1002/jclp.10244.
Recent research suggests that entering an immersive virtual environment can serve as a powerful nonpharmacologic analgesic for severe burn pain. The present case study describes an attempt to use water-friendly virtual reality (VR) technology with a burn patient undergoing wound care in a hydrotherapy tub. The patient was a 40-year-old male with 19% total body surface area deep flame/flash burns to his legs, neck, back, and buttocks. The virtual reality treatment decreased the patient's sensory and affective pain ratings and decreased the amount of time spent thinking about his pain during wound care. We believe that VR analgesia works by drawing attention away from the wound care, leaving less attention available to process incoming pain signals. The water-friendly VR helmet dramatically increases the number of patients with severe burns that could potentially be treated with VR (see http://www.vrpain.com).
最近的研究表明，进入沉浸式虚拟环境可以作为一种强大的非药物性镇痛方法，用于缓解严重烧伤疼痛。本案例研究描述了在水疗浴缸中对一名正在接受伤口护理的烧伤患者尝试使用亲水性虚拟现实（VR）技术的情况。该患者为40岁男性，腿部、颈部、背部和臀部有19%的体表面积受到深度火焰/闪燃烧伤。虚拟现实治疗降低了患者的感觉和情感疼痛评分，并减少了伤口护理期间思考疼痛的时间。我们认为，VR镇痛的作用机制是将注意力从伤口护理上转移开，从而减少用于处理传入疼痛信号的注意力。这种亲水性VR头盔显著增加了可能接受VR治疗的严重烧伤患者数量（见http://www.vrpain.com）。
