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2020 Aug 07


JMIR Serious Games


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Designing a Virtual Reality Game for Promoting Empathy Toward Patients With Chronic Pain: Feasibility and Usability Study.

Authors

Tong X, Gromala D, Kiaei Ziabari S P, Shaw CD
JMIR Serious Games. 2020 Aug 07; 8(3):e17354.
PMID: 32763883.

Abstract

Many researchers have been evaluating how digital media may impact the emotional and perspective taking aspects of empathy in both clinical and nonclinical settings. Despite the growing interest in using virtual reality (VR) and VR games to motivate empathy, few studies have focused on empathy for people who live with chronic pain.