绝经症状管理的虚拟现实:机遇,挑战和下一步
Nancy Safwan1,2, Karisma K Suchak3,4, Omer Liran3,4
1Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
Menopause (New York, N.Y.)
|March 11, 2025
概括
虚拟现实 (VR) 显示出对管理更年期症状 (如热) 的承诺. 早期研究表明,VR与认知行为疗法 (CBT) 结合,可以减少症状频率并改善生活质量.
科学领域:
- 生殖医学 生殖医学
- 数字健康数字健康
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- 更年期,以停止卵巢功能为标志,影响超过75%的中年女性,经常导致持续的血管运动症状 (VMS).
- 由于安全问题,激素治疗是最有效的VMS治疗方法,但由于安全问题而未得到充分利用,这凸显了对替代疗法的需求.
- 认知行为疗法 (CBT) 是基于证据的VMS策略,而虚拟现实 (VR) 为提供CBT提供了一个沉浸式平台.
研究的目的:
- 审查现有的关于虚拟现实 (VR) 用于管理更年期相关症状的应用文献.
- 确定当前的研究环境和VR作为VMS治疗工具的潜力.
主要方法:
- 使用PubMed和Medline数据库进行了全面的文献搜索.
- 关键词包括虚拟现实 (VR),人工智能和更年期症状的组合.
主要成果:
- 搜索中只发现了一项试点研究,评估了VR和AI对癌症妇女热的作用.
- 这项研究表明,热频率显著降低,睡眠,情绪和生活质量有所改善 (P < 0.01).
- 由于研究的特定队列,研究结果可能对更广泛的更年期人口的概括性有限.
结论:
- 关于VR用于典型的更年期症状的研究存在重大差距.
- 虽然VR已被证明对其他疾病的CBT有效,但它对更年期的特殊有效性需要进一步研究.
- 未来的研究应该专注于评估针对经历更年期相关症状的女性的VR干预措施.
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