Impact of Virtual Reality-Based Therapies on Cognition and Mental Health of Stroke Patients: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stroke remains one of the major chronic illnesses worldwide that health care organizations will need to address for the next several decades. Individuals poststroke are subject to levels of cognitive impairment and mental health problems. Virtual reality (VR)-based therapies are new technologies used for cognitive rehabilitation and the management of psychological outcomes.

Objective

This study performed a meta-analysis to evaluate the effects of VR-based therapies on cognitive function and mental health in patients with stroke.

Methods

A comprehensive database search was performed using PubMed, MEDLINE (Ovid), Embase, Cochrane Library, and APA PsycINFO databases for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that studied the effects of VR on patients with stroke.

SUBMITTER: Zhang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8663637 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature