Realidad virtual como herramienta de ayuda emocional para las personas con cáncer en el Centro de Salud SOLCA Ambato

Abstract

Cancer is a condition that affects a large part of the Ecuadorian population, the lives of people who suffer from this disease go through a painful transition in their lifestyle to be able to face the invasive treatments that cancer needs. This causes people with an oncological diagnosis to acquire certain disorders that, added to their physical condition, directly affect the physical and emotional well-being of the patient. The ignorance or the little importance that they give to taking care of the emotional health of people with cancer means that the result of the chemical processes that their body receives does not generate the necessary impact against cancer. Even when patients go to psychotherapy sessions, the demand on the emotional need that the patient presents are still great, that is why there is a need to propose alternative treatments that help with the emotional stabilization of the patient that helps him overcome the emotional load caused by alterations such as anxiety and stress being the most affecting the patient in greater intensity.