Table 1 The general characteristics of the included studies
From: Virtual reality applications to assist pregnant women: a scoping review
First author’s name | Year of publication | Country | Type of study | Sample size | Study objective |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sridhar, et al. [19] | 2020 | US | Case-control | 30 | Evaluation of the feasibility and effect of VR on anxiety in the first trimester of pregnancy and curettage under local anesthesia |
Wong, et al. [20] | 2020 | US | RCT (Randomized Controlled Trial) | 40 | Assessing the effect of VR in reducing labor pain |
Mosso, et al. [21] | 2019 | Mexico | Case- control | 8 | Assessing the effect of VR in reducing labor pain and anxiety in cesarean surgery |
Noben, et al. [14] | 2019 | Netherlands | RCT | 97 | Assessing the effect of VR in reducing anxiety before cesarean by providing information about the cesarean procedure |
Setiawan, et al. [22] | 2019 | Indonesia | Before-after | 6 | Development of VR application for pregnant women in order to do sports exercises |
Frey, et al. [13] | 2018 | US | RCT | 27 | Assessing the effect of VR in reducing labor pain |
Jahani, et al. [23] | 2016 | Iran | RCT | 30 | Determining the effect of VR on anxiety in primiparous women during episiotomy repair |
Jahani, et al. [24] | 2015 | Iran | RCT | 30 | Assessing the effect of VR on pain during episiotomy repair |
Severi, et al. [25] | 2005 | Italy | Before-after | 12 | Anxiety assessment of pregnant mothers using VR (Fetouch system) |