Use of Virtual Reality as a Distractor for Painful Procedures in a Patient with Pediatric Cancer: A Case Study

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 657-661

  Gershon, Jonathan ^a   Zimand, Elana ^b   Lemos, Rosemarie ^c   Rothbaum, Barbara Olasov ^d   Hodges, Larry ^e  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Virtually Better Inc   (United States)

^c Children's Hlthcare Atlanta S   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DISTRACTIBILITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PULSE RATE; SCHOOL CHILD; VASCULAR ACCESS; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CHILD; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0346732936     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109493103322725450     Document Type: Article

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