Authors: Wang W
Frontiers in sociology
The COVID-19 pandemic, occurring within 5 years of the prolonged Ebola Virus Disease crisis in West Africa, ravaged health systems worldwide, including those in high-income countries (, ). These infec...
Authors: Liu L, Zhou C
Frontiers in public health
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) represent one of the major challenges to patient safety worldwide and continue to impose a substantial burden on healthcare systems. According to the World Heal...
Authors: Mo L, Ye S, Qin Y, Shen H, He H, Hong W, Wu H
Frontiers in endocrinology
Work-related stress is among the major challenges facing contemporary nursing, impacting both the wellbeing of healthcare staff and the quality and safety of patient care. Nurses are one of the profes...
Authors: Alsultan A, Alanazi M, Alqarafa TM, Aljassim MM, Aljamah A
Cureus
The 21st century’s landscape of frequent public health emergencies—from SARS and H1N1 to MERS, Ebola, and COVID-19—has evolved into a persistent stress test for global socio-economic systems and gover...
Authors: Zhang R, Talib OB, Liu S, Chen Z, Lu D, Meng Y
Frontiers in psychology
Cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) remain a leading cause of mortality and disability worldwide (). Carotid artery calcification, a marker of advanced atherosclerosis, is strongly associated with increas...
Authors: Huang H, Lu F, Cao S, Jiang C, Peng J, Tong Y, Wang P, Liu Y, Ye Z
Frontiers in psychology
Witchcraft accusations remain a pervasive and deeply consequential social phenomenon across parts of sub-Saharan Africa (). Although historically present across Europe, Asia and the Americas, contempo...
Authors: Pan A, Moreau S, Rafeeh G, Ahsan N, Robinson CL, Lang M, Paul M, Khan J, Thérond A
Journal of medical extended reality
According to data from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the global proportion of the population aged 65 years or older reached 10% in 2025, far exceeding the 7% threshold that defines an “a...
Authors: Ichinomiya M, Shirayama Y, Fujiwara S, Kitamura M, Suma S, Kataoka K
Clinical interventions in aging
Extended reality (XR) is increasingly used in health care as an (adjunct) intervention. XR is an umbrella term that encompasses virtual reality (VR), mixed reality, and augmented reality. VR can be de...
Authors: Montgomery A, Hampstead W, Molloy L, Middleton R, D'Cunha NM, Marriott-Statham K
Frontiers in dementia
The rapid proliferation of smartphones has profoundly transformed daily life, particularly among university students, for whom smartphones have become indispensable tools for communication, learning,...
Authors: Liu X, Gu Z, Shi L
Frontiers in psychology
Preoperative anxiety affects 11%–89% of surgical patients, depending on health care setting, patient characteristics, and measurement methods. It is primarily driven by fears of surgical complications...
Authors: Aase DA, Khan Z
Frontiers in endocrinology
Intensive care units (ICUs) provide a critical role in treating patients with complex health conditions, including those with life-threatening illnesses. As a result, the management of patients' pain...
Authors: Di Lorenzo P, Marisei M, Macculi M, Casella C, Basilicata P, Capasso E, Niola M
Frontiers in sociology
In this perspective, we discuss the promise of virtual reality (VR) as an immersive therapeutic (ITx) delivery device. We note that the goal of therapy is to change psychological and physical response...
Authors: McLaughlan N, Vaudreuil R, Freeman EK, Jacobson Blumenfeld H, Van Fossen M, Walter K
Frontiers in psychology
The field of medical extended reality (MedXR), encompassing uses of virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR), is transforming health care by enhancing research and patient...
Authors: Smith JM, Fountain J, Manyweathers J, Toribio JA, Gupta SD, Brookes VJ, Hernandez-Jover M
Frontiers in veterinary science
Genetic data are a special category of personal data based on structural sharing with an intrinsic accompanying predictive attitude. Typically, genetic data have interpersonal value, since genetic inf...
Authors: Beebe K, Alvarez A, Nguyen L, Petros J, Trujillo M, Aygün O
Journal of medical extended reality
Extended reality technology (XRT) is gaining interest within health care, particularly in the context of medical education, employee health and well-being, and as pain relief during invasive procedure...