Loading your page…
Frontiers in psychology
By Zhang Y, Chen C, Zheng W and 1 others.
Ward brings these articles into the same app as your cards and questions. One free account for Ward, Suture, Osler and Prognia.
Virtual reality (VR) interventions have been increasingly employed in therapeutic and educational contexts for autistic children.
To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials to examine the effects of VR interventions on outcomes related to subjective well-being (SWB) and psychological well-being (PWB) among autistic children.
This meta-analysis was performed in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines. First, seven electronic databases were searched: PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, PsycINFO, ProQuest Central, and IEEE Xplore. Subsequently, ten eligible studies were identified. Finally, data extraction was conducted, and effect sizes were pooled using random-effects models for SWB-related outcomes and PWB-related outcomes, respectively. Heterogeneity tests, sensitivity analyses, publication bias tests, and quality assessment were also performed.
VR yielded a positive yet nonsignificant effect on SWB-related outcomes (g = 0.37, 95% CI [-0.03, 0.78], z = 1.80, p = 0.07), whereas VR produced a statistically significant positive effect on PWB-related outcomes (g = 0.45, 95% CI [0.27, 0.63], z = 4.87, p < 0.05).
Pooled analyses revealed a statistically significant positive effect of VR interventions on PWB-related outcomes among autistic children. However, this finding should be interpreted with caution given that 70% of included randomized trials had some concerns regarding risk of bias and only eight effect sizes contributed to this pooled estimate. Current evidence supports tentative promise for VR within research-oriented clinical and educational contexts rather than immediate real-world clinical application, while its potential for enhancing SWB-related outcomes remains to be further investigated. Systematic review registration: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/view/CRD420261411309.
Published in Frontiers in psychology. The abstract is shown as published and remains the work of its authors; read the full article at the source.
Prognia lists this article for reference and education. It is not medical advice. Always read the original and follow current guidelines and local protocols before acting on it.
