Published on in Vol 8 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/63854, first published .
Extended Reality (XR) in Pediatric Acute and Chronic Pain: Systematic Review and Evidence Gap Map

Extended Reality (XR) in Pediatric Acute and Chronic Pain: Systematic Review and Evidence Gap Map

Extended Reality (XR) in Pediatric Acute and Chronic Pain: Systematic Review and Evidence Gap Map

Courtney W Hess   1 , PhD ;   Brittany N Rosenbloom   2, 3 , PhD, CPsych ;   Giulia Mesaroli   4, 5, 6 , MScPT ;   Cristal Lopez   7, 8 , PhD ;   Nhat Ngo   7, 8 , BA, BS ;   Estreya Cohen   9 , BA ;   Carley Ouellette   10 , RN, MSc ;   Jeffrey I Gold   7, 8, 11 , PhD ;   Deirdre Logan   12, 13 , PhD ;   Laura E Simons   1 , PhD ;   Jennifer N Stinson   6, 14 , RN-EC, PhD, CPNP

1 Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, & Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, United States

2 Toronto Academic Pain Medicine Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

3 Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

4 Department of Rehabilitation Services, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada

5 Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

6 Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada

7 The Saban Research Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

8 Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

9 Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

10 School of Nursing, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

11 Department of Anesthesiology, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States

12 Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

13 Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, United States

14 Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Corresponding Author:

  • Courtney W Hess, PhD
  • Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, & Pain Medicine
  • Stanford University School of Medicine
  • 3145 Porter Drive
  • Palo Alto, CA, 94304
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 650-497-6896
  • Email: cwhess@stanford.edu