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Comparison of relaxation techniques in virtual reality for breast cancer patients

2019

A number of studies demonstrated that virtual reality (VR) featuring pleasant scenarios and relaxing narratives is effective in promoting relaxation in users, both in healthy and pathological contexts. One important field for application of relaxing VR is breast cancer, because of therapy-related distress and changes in body imagine experienced by patients during the care process. However, comparisons between different relaxation techniques adapted to virtual reality are rare. In the present study, the same virtual environment has been integrated with audio narratives designed according to two different relaxation techniques (respiration control and body scan). As initial exploration, 16 br…

Care process020205 medical informaticsRelaxation (psychology)virtual reality relaxation stress reduction breast cancer user centered design human-computer interaction user preferences02 engineering and technologySettore M-PSI/08 - PSICOLOGIA CLINICAVirtual realitymedicine.diseasecomputer.software_genre03 medical and health sciencesDistress0302 clinical medicineBreast cancerVirtual machine030220 oncology & carcinogenesis0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringmedicineingleseValence (psychology)PsychologycomputerCognitive psychologyUser-centered design
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