Document Details

Document Type : Article In Conference 
Document Title :
The Impact of Virtual Reality and Computer Game on Imagery Therapy for Cancer Patients
تأثير الواقع الافتراضي وألعاب الحاسوب على العلاج العلاج التصويري للمرضى المصابين بالسرطان
 
Document Language : English 
Abstract : Treatment of cancer disease depends heavily on patient’s psychology as well as clinical therapy. Cancer's patients usually experience some common symptoms when they are exposed to chemotherapy treatments as a part of its side effects. These symptoms could be depression, suspense, vomiting, nausea and many others. Earlier literature reported that patients can control these symptoms if he or she believes so. Imagery therapy is a well-known technique used to enhance patients' believe and boost his or her self-esteem and confidence. This result in tremendous improvement in patient’s mind and inner feeling. Which clinically improves the immune system. Imagery therapy is considered as a complementary psychological intervention used in conjunction with conventional therapy. This kind of therapy creates a virtual world for cancer patients to cope with their diseases and experience better life. Virtual Reality is a professional laboratory proven method used as a tool to enable physicians and psychiatrists to lead their patients through huge obstacles of depression during the treatment. Many VR environments and computer games were developed and tested to enable health specialist help cancer patients in the treatment. 
Conference Name : In the Proceedings of the Seventh Saudi Engineering Conference 
Duration : From : 22/11/1428 AH - To : 25/11/1428 AH
From : 2/12/2007 AD - To : 5/12/2007 AD 
Publishing Year : 1428 AH
2007 AD 
Number Of Pages : 00 
Article Type : Article 
Conference Place : Riyadh 
Added Date : Sunday, June 24, 2012 

Researchers

Researcher Name (Arabic)Researcher Name (English)Researcher TypeDr GradeEmail
وديع صالح الحلبيAlhalabi, Wadee SalehInvestigatorDoctoratewsalhalabi@kau.edu.sa
S A AseeriAseeri, S AResearcher rose1405_2@hotmail.com

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