Virtual reality as a pain reduction method in burn and wound healing: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Burns Trauma · 2026 · PMC12888808 · PMID 41675382

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In the adult subgroup (k = 3), the effect did not reach statistical significance (g = −1.453; SE = 0.815; 95% CI: −3.051 to 0.144; Z = −1.783; P = 0.075), and heterogeneity was moderate (Q = 5.405; df = 2; P = 0.067; I 2 = 63.0%; Tau 2 = 2.586) ( Figure 5 ).

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