Virtual Reality Rehabilitation’s Impact on Negative Symptoms and Psychosocial Rehabilitation in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review

Background: Schizophrenia is a chronic psychiatric disorder with symptoms that can severely affect patients’ quality of life. While drug administration inhibits most of the positive symptoms, it fails to effectively treat the negative symptoms and in turn relies on rehabilitation therapies. With tec...

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Autores principales:	André Novo, Jéssica Fonsêca, Bárbara Barroso, Manuel Guimarães, Afonso Louro, Hélder Fernandes, Rui Pedro Lopes, Paulo Leitão
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	virtual reality virtual reality exposure therapy serious game schizophrenia Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1a6bfb26034f4e2383c71e28df2d11c42021-11-25T17:43:49ZVirtual Reality Rehabilitation’s Impact on Negative Symptoms and Psychosocial Rehabilitation in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review10.3390/healthcare91114292227-9032https://doaj.org/article/1a6bfb26034f4e2383c71e28df2d11c42021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/11/1429https://doaj.org/toc/2227-9032Background: Schizophrenia is a chronic psychiatric disorder with symptoms that can severely affect patients’ quality of life. While drug administration inhibits most of the positive symptoms, it fails to effectively treat the negative symptoms and in turn relies on rehabilitation therapies. With technological progress, virtual reality (VR) has been the target of recent studies in terms of mental health rehabilitation and has been shown to be a tool with ecological validity in order to introduce the individual to situations similar to their daily life. Methods: From July to August 2021, we conducted a systematic review with the purpose of understanding the impact of virtual reality rehabilitation on negative symptoms and psychosocial rehabilitation in the schizophrenia spectrum. The searches were performed in the databases Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed. Results: In our search, we identified 201 results, where 108 duplicates were excluded, resulting in a final balance of 93. After reading and assessing the titles and abstracts, 66 studies were excluded. Of the remaining 27 reports, 23 were excluded for not meeting the previously defined eligibility criteria, resulting in the inclusion of four studies in this systematic review. Conclusions: The available data on the specific topic was limited and could have been more complete. However, in our review, we were able to identify statistically relevant results demonstrating the effectiveness of intervention. We could find medium to large effects, allowing VR to be an ally for rehabilitation of symptoms related to schizophrenia.André NovoJéssica FonsêcaBárbara BarrosoManuel GuimarãesAfonso LouroHélder FernandesRui Pedro LopesPaulo LeitãoMDPI AGarticlevirtual realityvirtual reality exposure therapyserious gameschizophreniaMedicineRENHealthcare, Vol 9, Iss 1429, p 1429 (2021)
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spellingShingle	virtual reality virtual reality exposure therapy serious game schizophrenia Medicine R André Novo Jéssica Fonsêca Bárbara Barroso Manuel Guimarães Afonso Louro Hélder Fernandes Rui Pedro Lopes Paulo Leitão Virtual Reality Rehabilitation’s Impact on Negative Symptoms and Psychosocial Rehabilitation in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review
description	Background: Schizophrenia is a chronic psychiatric disorder with symptoms that can severely affect patients’ quality of life. While drug administration inhibits most of the positive symptoms, it fails to effectively treat the negative symptoms and in turn relies on rehabilitation therapies. With technological progress, virtual reality (VR) has been the target of recent studies in terms of mental health rehabilitation and has been shown to be a tool with ecological validity in order to introduce the individual to situations similar to their daily life. Methods: From July to August 2021, we conducted a systematic review with the purpose of understanding the impact of virtual reality rehabilitation on negative symptoms and psychosocial rehabilitation in the schizophrenia spectrum. The searches were performed in the databases Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed. Results: In our search, we identified 201 results, where 108 duplicates were excluded, resulting in a final balance of 93. After reading and assessing the titles and abstracts, 66 studies were excluded. Of the remaining 27 reports, 23 were excluded for not meeting the previously defined eligibility criteria, resulting in the inclusion of four studies in this systematic review. Conclusions: The available data on the specific topic was limited and could have been more complete. However, in our review, we were able to identify statistically relevant results demonstrating the effectiveness of intervention. We could find medium to large effects, allowing VR to be an ally for rehabilitation of symptoms related to schizophrenia.
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author	André Novo Jéssica Fonsêca Bárbara Barroso Manuel Guimarães Afonso Louro Hélder Fernandes Rui Pedro Lopes Paulo Leitão
author_facet	André Novo Jéssica Fonsêca Bárbara Barroso Manuel Guimarães Afonso Louro Hélder Fernandes Rui Pedro Lopes Paulo Leitão
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title	Virtual Reality Rehabilitation’s Impact on Negative Symptoms and Psychosocial Rehabilitation in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review
title_short	Virtual Reality Rehabilitation’s Impact on Negative Symptoms and Psychosocial Rehabilitation in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review
title_full	Virtual Reality Rehabilitation’s Impact on Negative Symptoms and Psychosocial Rehabilitation in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review
title_fullStr	Virtual Reality Rehabilitation’s Impact on Negative Symptoms and Psychosocial Rehabilitation in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review
title_full_unstemmed	Virtual Reality Rehabilitation’s Impact on Negative Symptoms and Psychosocial Rehabilitation in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review
title_sort	virtual reality rehabilitation’s impact on negative symptoms and psychosocial rehabilitation in schizophrenia spectrum disorder: a systematic review
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/1a6bfb26034f4e2383c71e28df2d11c4
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Virtual Reality Rehabilitation’s Impact on Negative Symptoms and Psychosocial Rehabilitation in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review

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