Application of virtual reality technology in managing negative emotions and postoperative rehabilitation in peri-operative patients from 2015 to 2025:a bibliometric analysis
DONG Lijun
XU Shihao
CHEN Qiuhua
ZHANG Lu
YIN Xiaobing
Abstract：Objective To analyze the research status,hotspots and development trends in the application of virtual reality(VR)tech-nology in managing negative emotions and postoperative rehabilitation of perioperative patients over the past de-cade.
Methods Literatures related to the application of VR technology in managing negative emotions and postoperative reha-bilitation of perioperative patients were retrieved from Web of Science Core Collection database and CNKI,cov-ering the period from January,2015 to August,2025,and CiteSpace 6.3.R1 was used for bibliometric analysis.
Results A total of 267 English literatures and 130 Chinese literatures were included,with the annual number of publica-tions showing an upward trend.The United States was the country with the largest number of publications in Eng-lish literatures,and Erasmus University Rotterdam was the institution with the largest number of publications.High-frequency keywords included virtual reality,pain,surgery,anxiety and distraction.Research hotspots main-ly focused on functional exercise,negative emotions,pain management and multimodal intervention strategies.English researches were deepening towards virtual reality exposure therapy,mechanism exploration and personal-ized schemes,while Chinese researches focused more on the verification of rehabilitation effects.
Conclusion Researches on the application of VR technology in the management of perioperative patients are rapidly de-veloping,with research hotspots shifting from single technology application to multimodal and personalized inte-grated intervention.Future research should focus on exploring its intervention mechanisms,personalized schemes and the breadth of cross-departmental applications.
Keywords：virtual realityperioperative periodnegative emotionspostoperative rehabilitationbibliometrics
Publication Date：2026-01-25
Online Publishing Date：2026-02-04(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：14( 69-82 )