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The Metaverse: A New Challenge for the Healthcare System: A Scoping Review
(1) Background: The metaverse is now a reality, and it interests the scientific community, the educational setting, and medical care. Considering the number of people in front of screens, especially children and adolescents, the metaverse could and should become a place of health promotion. Conseque...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9501644/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36135421 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jfmk7030063 |
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description | (1) Background: The metaverse is now a reality, and it interests the scientific community, the educational setting, and medical care. Considering the number of people in front of screens, especially children and adolescents, the metaverse could and should become a place of health promotion. Consequently, the objective of the present study was to review the current literature to detect articles that connected the metaverse with prevention and treatment, education and training, and research setting. (2) Methods: Articles were searched on Pubmed, Web of Science, and Scopus, including English-written papers published until 12 August 2022. They were screened against the eligibility criteria and discussed narratively. (3) Results: The literature published is poor; only 21 articles were included, and 11 of them were added in a second moment. These articles were mainly reviews of the literature or editorials. The aspects related to this virtual world in terms of health prevention and the treatment of clinical conditions, education and training, and research have been narratively discussed. (4) Conclusions: The metaverse could be considered a useful instrument to arrive easily and quickly to the population. Given its importance, today, different studies and investments are required to develop proper health promotion programs that are feasible and valid in the metaverse. |
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spelling | pubmed-95016442022-09-24 The Metaverse: A New Challenge for the Healthcare System: A Scoping Review Petrigna, Luca Musumeci, Giuseppe J Funct Morphol Kinesiol Review (1) Background: The metaverse is now a reality, and it interests the scientific community, the educational setting, and medical care. Considering the number of people in front of screens, especially children and adolescents, the metaverse could and should become a place of health promotion. Consequently, the objective of the present study was to review the current literature to detect articles that connected the metaverse with prevention and treatment, education and training, and research setting. (2) Methods: Articles were searched on Pubmed, Web of Science, and Scopus, including English-written papers published until 12 August 2022. They were screened against the eligibility criteria and discussed narratively. (3) Results: The literature published is poor; only 21 articles were included, and 11 of them were added in a second moment. These articles were mainly reviews of the literature or editorials. The aspects related to this virtual world in terms of health prevention and the treatment of clinical conditions, education and training, and research have been narratively discussed. (4) Conclusions: The metaverse could be considered a useful instrument to arrive easily and quickly to the population. Given its importance, today, different studies and investments are required to develop proper health promotion programs that are feasible and valid in the metaverse. MDPI 2022-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9501644/ /pubmed/36135421 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jfmk7030063 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Petrigna, Luca Musumeci, Giuseppe The Metaverse: A New Challenge for the Healthcare System: A Scoping Review |
title | The Metaverse: A New Challenge for the Healthcare System: A Scoping Review |
title_full | The Metaverse: A New Challenge for the Healthcare System: A Scoping Review |
title_fullStr | The Metaverse: A New Challenge for the Healthcare System: A Scoping Review |
title_full_unstemmed | The Metaverse: A New Challenge for the Healthcare System: A Scoping Review |
title_short | The Metaverse: A New Challenge for the Healthcare System: A Scoping Review |
title_sort | metaverse: a new challenge for the healthcare system: a scoping review |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9501644/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36135421 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jfmk7030063 |
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