Summary:
Badalona Care Services (BSA) has launched a pilot in the organization’s Primary Care, initially in the CAP Apenins Montigalà to develop and evaluate a virtual reality program.
The goal is to use this technology to improve chronic pain and central sensitization. This is one of the two winning projects of the organization in the field of health and social care within the framework of the innovation hub of the Consorci Social i Sanitari de Catalunya iNexes.
This week BSA started a pilot in the organization’s Primary Care to develop and evaluate a virtual reality experience that seeks to improve the quality of life of patients and help in the management of chronic pain, a major problem in public health in the Spanish State.
The initiative begins in one of the outpatient clinics of the city, the CAP Apenins Montigalà and will analyze the reception – acceptability, feasibility and impact – of virtual reality by the participants (users and professionals) as an effective complementary tool in the treatment of chronic pain It will also serve to study whether the use of this technology makes it possible to strengthen adherence to therapeutic programs and enhance the emotional well-being of patients. To do this, a non-randomized prospective pilot study has been planned, with a dozen patients, to analyze data ranging from demographics to perceptions of pain, emotional well-being, and functionality.
This is one of the two winning projects of the organization in the field of health and social care within the framework of the innovation hub of the Consorci Social i Sanitari de Catalunya iNexes. It is part of the financing of the funds for the 2023 strategies of the Ministry of Health that were approved by the CSNS on June 23, 2023 as support for the implementation of the Primary and Community Care Action Plan.
Article written by Bardalona serveis Asistencials
06/02/2024
Source:
BSA
https://www.bsa.cat/ca/qui-som/noticia/realitat-virtual-per-millorar-el-dolor-cronic-i-la-sensibilitzacio-central-objectiu-del-nou-projecte-a-l-atencio-primaria-de-bsa