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A recent scoping review explored VR applications to assist pregnant women and found that VR was a useful method to be used for a range of different purposes in both pregnancy and labour. However, no such review exists for the period after birth.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Method<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We aimed to search for studies that used VR to support parents during birth and in the first year postpartum (Population) in different settings (Context), and finally provided data on the characteristics, reported effectiveness and experience of VR interventions (Concept). Two hundred and fifty-one studies were identified, of which ten were eligible. Two authors independently extracted data including study design, participants and results.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Findings indicate that VR has been used effectively in this context to alleviate depression anxiety, and multiple domains of pain and to improve childbirth satisfaction. The majority of the studies explored the use of VR technology on outcomes such as pain and anxiety during labour and birth. The studies included used a broad range of VR hardware and software. All of the studies reported positive experiences of using VR.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Across these studies, VR was found to be effective in terms of both physiological and psychological outcomes. There are many unexplored maternal and infant focused applications of VR which warrant further investigation as emerging evidence indicates this is becoming an increasingly accessible method to improve maternal and infant health outcomes from pregnancy through to parenthood.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/20552076241245373","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,22]],"date-time":"2024-04-22T03:42:15Z","timestamp":1713757335000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Virtual reality interventions designed to support parents during and throughout the first year after birth: A scoping review"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7350-2568","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Victoria","family":"Fallon","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, Institute of Population Health, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sian M","family":"Davies","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, Institute of Population Health, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK"},{"name":"School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sergio","family":"Silverio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Life Course and Population Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, London, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2261-6570","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lisa","family":"Creagh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Lisa Creagh Limited t\/a The Holding Time Project, Plus Accounting, Brighton, East Sussex, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-20552076241245373","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1262","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2020.01262","volume":"11","author":"Corno G","year":"2020","journal-title":"Front Psychol [Internet]"},{"key":"bibr2-20552076241245373","volume":"2013","author":"Boas YAGV","year":"2013","journal-title":"Interactive Multimedia Conf"},{"key":"bibr3-20552076241245373","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3434","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm9113434","volume":"9","author":"Riva G","year":"2020","journal-title":"J Clin Med"},{"key":"bibr4-20552076241245373","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2086","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2018.02086","volume":"9","author":"Cipresso P","year":"2018","journal-title":"Front Psychol [Internet]"},{"key":"bibr5-20552076241245373","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1007\/978-1-4939-9482-3","volume-title":"Virtual reality for psychological and neurocognitive interventions. 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