Women's perceptions of the use of virtual reality during childbirth: A qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis.

Background: Childbearing women often resort to pharmacotherapies for pain and anxiety management during childbirth, despite their adverse effects. Virtual reality has emerged as an alternative, but a comprehensive synthesis of women's experiences with virtual reality during labor is lacking, hindering validation of its perceived effects.

Aim: To synthesize the best available evidence of women's perceptions of the use of virtual reality during childbirth.