Costs and returnwhat the research examines
Short answer: The library holds 8 references on virtual reality and costs and return, published between 2018 and 2025. They include 1 systematic review or meta-analysis. The research mainly examines economic evaluations of virtual reality for postoperative pain and on the ward.
The evidence in numbers
8References
1Systematic reviews and meta-analyses
0Randomised trials
2018–2025Years
Counted in the RVer study library · languages: English. The design of each study was classified by the team from the publication.
What the research examines
- Economic evaluations of virtual reality for postoperative pain and on the ward.
- Preparing children for examinations without sedation.
- Psychological therapies in virtual reality, including automated ones.
- Training professionals in virtual reality.
What is not yet known
- Almost no evaluations carried out in Portugal or southern Europe.
- Implementation costs and staff time.
- The perspective of social care institutions (care homes, day centres).
The references, by study design
Meta-analyses · 1
- Virtual reality for reduction of intraprocedural pharmacological sedation and analgesia in adult patients: A systematic review and meta-analysisZako J · 2025 · Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine, 44(2)
Economic evaluations · 7
- Early health economic analysis of virtual reality therapy for pain management after surgeryGroenveld TD · 2025 · International Journal of Surgery, 111(6)
- Economic Evaluation Comparing Virtual Reality with Child Life Programming for Non-sedated Pediatric Medical Imaging: A Cost-Consequence AnalysisJohn Jacob · 2023 · PharmacoEconomics Open
- Virtual, augmented, mixed, and extended reality interventions in healthcare: a systematic review of health economic evaluations and cost-effectivenessGómez Bergin AD · 2023 · BMC Digital Health, 1: 53
- Estimating the Economic Value of Automated Virtual Reality Cognitive Therapy for Treating Agoraphobic Avoidance in Patients With Psychosis: Findings From the gameChange Randomized Controlled Clinical TrialJames Altunkaya · 2022 · Journal of Medical Internet Research
- Cost-Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis: Health-Economic Evaluation Within a Randomized Controlled TrialPot-Kolder R · 2020 · Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(5): e17098
- Comparative Cost of Virtual Reality Training and Live Exercises for Training Hospital Workers for EvacuationFarra SL · 2019 · CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 37(9)
- Economic analysis of implementing virtual reality therapy for pain among hospitalized patientsDelshad SD · 2018 · npj Digital Medicine, 1: 22
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Other topics
This page describes what published research on virtual reality examines in this topic. It is not a claim about RVer's performance and does not replace clinical assessment. The Class I medical device registration (EUDAMED, Basic UDI-DI 56006195127RVERTZ, and INFARMED, Portugal, CDM 94571546) covers the RVer base product.