別の人生:世界を最後まで体験するための緩和的な仮想現実
Sara Patuzzo Manzati1, Paolo Manganotti2, Giovanni de Manzoni1
1Department of Surgery, Dentistry, Paediatrics and Gynaecology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Journal of palliative care
|February 16, 2026
まとめ
浸透型バーチャルリアリティ (VR) は,緩和ケア (PC) の患者にとって安全で実行可能な選択肢であり,身体的および心理的な症状を軽減する初期的な利点を示しています. ほとんどの患者は,VRが受け入れられ,またVRを使用する意思を表明しました.
科学分野:
- 緩和ケア医療 緩和ケア医療 緩和ケア医療
- デジタル・ヘルス・インターベンション デジタル・ヘルス・インターベンション
- 症状管理 症状管理
背景:
- 浸透型仮想現実 (VR) は,症状管理のための新しい非薬理学的アプローチを提示します.
- 現在,緩和ケア (PC) の環境におけるVRの適用に関する証拠は限られている.
- PCにおけるVRの可行性,受容性,および予備的な有効性を評価することは極めて重要です.
研究 の 目的:
- PCにおけるインマーシブVRの実現可能性と受容性を評価する.
- 身体的および心理的な症状を緩和するVRの予備的な効果を評価する.
- 将来のVRエンゲージメントに対するユーザー満足度と意欲を測定するために.
主な方法:
- イタリアの4つのPCセンターで記述的,観察的研究デザインが採用されました.
- 13人の成人PC患者は,標準化されたアンケートと患者報告結果測定 (PROM) を使用して,介入前および介入後の評価を完了しました.
- エドマントン症状評価システム (ESAS) とアドホックアンケートを使用して,使いやすさ,満足度,症状緩和に関するデータを収集しました.
主要な成果:
- 参加者は,VR介入に対する高いレベルの使いやすさと満足度を示しました.
- 疲労,眠気,食欲,うつ,不安の症状の有意な改善が見られた.
- 全体的な幸福度はわずかに上昇し,有害な影響は報告されていません.
結論:
- 浸透型VRは,緩和ケアにおける実現可能で安全でよく受け入れられている介入です.
- 予備的な調査結果によると,VRは,身体的,心理的な症状や全体的な健康状態に利点をもたらすことを示唆しています.
- より大きなコホートと対照群でのさらなる研究は,有効性を確認し,PCプログラムへの統合を最適化するために推奨されます.
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