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. 2024 Dec 7;10(24):e40858.
doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e40858. eCollection 2024 Dec 30.

The effect of virtual reality therapy on pain and anxiety during wound care in adults: A systematic review

H Demirci  1   2   3   4 , T Lachkar  2   3   4 , W X I Fleur  2 , E Z Barsom  2   3   4 , A M Eskes  2   4   5 , M P Schijven  1   3   4
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The effect of virtual reality therapy on pain and anxiety during wound care in adults: A systematic review

H Demirci et al. Heliyon. .
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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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PRISMA flow chart of literature search and article selection.
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Screenshot of the most widely used software application in the included studies; SnowWorld, designed at the university of Washington [46].
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Risk of Bias summary
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