Damien Clus|Mark Larsen|Christophe Lemey|Sofian Berrouiguet
The Use of Virtual Reality in Patients with Eating Disorders: Systematic Review
Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest|Black Dog Institute|UNSW Sydney|Université de Bretagne Occidentale|French National Centre for Scientific Research|Université Bretagne Loire|Université de Bretagne Occidentale|Institut Mines-Télécom|Laboratoire des Sciences et Techniques de l’Information de la Communication et de la Connaissance
patients eating disorders characterized pathological eating habits tendency overestimate weight body shape virtual reality shows promise evaluation management patients eating disorders technology accepted population allows immersion virtual environments assessment therapeutic approaches exposing users highcalorie foods changes body shapeto better understand value virtual reality conducted review literature including clinical studies proposing use virtual reality evaluation management patients eating disorderswe searched pubmed psycinfo sciencedirect cochrane library scopus web science april 2017 created list keywords based two domains virtual reality eating disorders used preferred reporting items systematic reviews metaanalyses identify select critically appraise relevant research minimizing biasthe initial database searches identified 311 articles 149 removed duplicates analyzed resulting set 26 unique studies met inclusion criteria 8 studies randomized controlled trials 13 nonrandomized studies 5 clinical trials 1 participant articles focused clinical populations 1926 73 remainder reporting casecontrol studies 726 27 studies used visual immersive equipment 1626 62 headmounted display 1516 94 two main areas interest emerged studies virtual work patients body image 726 27 exposure virtual food stimuli 1026 38we conducted broad analysis studies use virtual reality patients eating disorders review literature showed virtual reality acceptable promising therapeutic tool patients eating disorders