Virtual Reality in healthcare: A bibliometric analysis (Preprint)

BACKGROUND Research on the application of Virtual Reality technology to the healthcare sector has grown rapidly, leading to a large research field difficult to oversee. OBJECTIVE We provide an overview of the annual publication numbers and the most productive and influential countries, journals, and authors, as well as the most used, most co-occurring, and most recent keywords. METHODS Based on a dataset of 356 publicatons and 20,363 citations derived from the Web of Sci-ence, we conducted a bibliometric analysis using Bibexcel, HistCite, and VOSViewer. RESULTS The strongest growth of publications occurred in 2020, accounting for 29.49% of all publi-cations so far. The most productice countries are the USA, the UK, and Spain; the most influential countries are the USA, Canada, and the UK. The most productive journals are JMIR, JMIR Serious Games, and Games for Health Journal; the most influential journals are Patient Education and Counselling, Medical Education, and Quality of Life Research. The most productive authors are G. Riva, L. Del Piccolo, and D. C. Schwebel; the most in-fluential authors are A. Finset, L. del Piccolo, and H. Eide. The most occurring noun key-words besides Virtual and Reality are Training, Trial, and Patients. The most relevant re-search themes are communication, education, and novel treatments; the most recent re-search trends are fitness and exergames. CONCLUSIONS The analysis shows that the field has left its infant state and advances its specialization, with a clear focus on patient usability.

Effect of back massage on relieving pain during labour: a systemic review

Managing labour pain is a challenging concern for nurses who involved in care of mothers during labour and child birth. Massage is a primordial method that has been generally employed during labour, however, relatively little study has been assumed examining the effects of massage on women during labour. The study insistent pain allied with labour may negatively impact mother further transforming to foetus, frequently varying the childbirth course. The techniques of health care humanisation mention that women in labour should have the chance to relieve their pain with pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods. The systemic review examines literature on effectiveness of back massage to relieve labour pain from 2013 to 2019. The electronic database reviewed for the systemic review included PubMed, Medline, nursing health journal, Google scholar etc by including relevant key words. Ten studies were included in the systemic review. The available literature on non-pharmacological method provides evidence as a back massage is effective to reduce labour pain. The aim of the present review is to examine the effect of back massage as a method to relieve labour pain and give comfort to mother. The experience of labour pain is different in women and it is affected by several psychological and physiological factors and its intensity may vary significantly. During labour majority of women need pain relief. Strategies of pain management include pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention. Evidence suggests that non pharmacological methods are helpful to reduce labour pain. We identified 10 reviews out of 110 for inclusion within this review. All studies on back massages show that it is effective to relieve pain during labour.

Correspondence: systematic reviews do not always capture context of real-world intervention programmes for childhood obesity (response to Littlewood, et al., 2020 in BMC Public Health)

In a recent issue of the BMC Public Health journal, Littlewood et al. described the results of a systematic review of interventions to prevent or treat childhood obesity in Māori or Pacific Island peoples. They found that studies to date have had limited impact on improving health outcomes for Māori and Pacific Island peoples, and suggest this may be due to a lack of co-design principles in the conception of the various studies. Ensuring that interventions are appropriate for groups most affected by obesity is critical; however, some inaccuracies should be noted in the explanation of these findings. There is a risk with systematic reviews that the context of intervention trials is lost without acknowledging the associated body of literature for programmes that refer to the ongoing commitment to communities and groups most affected by obesity.

HUBUNGAN PEMANFAATAN TEKNOLOGI DENGAN KECERDASAN SPIRITUAL PERAWAT DI RUMAH SAKIT SANTA ELISABETH MEDAN

Background : Nurses who are spiritually intelligent are able to positionbehavior, assess health measures given, be able to place feelings andface busy work and try to be responsible at work. Reducing workdensity, nurses take advantage of technology that can providechanges in terms of helping work, communication and so on so thatthe nurse's time to patients is moreMethods: The study design used an analytic survey design with cross sectionalmethod. Sampling using probability sampling with a Systematicsampling technique with a sample size of 58 people. The instrumentused in this study was a questionnaireResults: The results showed that the use of nurse technology was good(94.8%), the spiritual intelligence of nurses was high (58.6%).Elisabteh Health Journal : Jurnal Kesehatan, Vol. V No. 02 (Desember, 2020) : V-02 E-ISSN 2541-4992Discussion: In hospital services nurses must be able to utilize existingtechnology as reformers and be competitive in the world of healthand be able to place spirituality: their feelings and emotions inproviding nursing care to ensure an increase in the quality ofhospital services