改进老年亚裔美国人早期痴呆症情绪福祉的代际回忆方法使用虚拟现实:解释性顺序混合方法研究协议
Ling Xu1, Aaron Hagedorn1, Iris Chi2
1School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States.
JMIR research protocols
|June 26, 2023
概括
使用虚拟现实进行代际回忆,有望改善老年亚裔美国痴呆症成年人的情感福祉. 孙子和祖父母参与生活回顾活动,导致积极的情感结果.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 人与计算机的交互
背景情况:
- 痴呆症诊断会对亚裔美国人的情绪健康产生负面影响,导致焦虑和羞耻.
- 代际团结和回忆对于老年人的性和心理健康至关重要,特别是那些患有痴呆症的人.
- 关于改善老年痴呆症患者情绪健康的干预措施的研究有限.
研究的目的:
- 开发和实施使用虚拟现实 (VR) 的代际回忆方法.
- 评估这项VR干预措施在改善老年亚裔美国痴呆症成年人的情感福祉方面的可行性和有效性.
主要方法:
- 解释性顺序混合方法设计,结合定量调查和定性访谈.
- 参与者与孙子一起参加了每周6次基于VR的生活回顾会议.
- 量化数据收集在干预前,干预后和3个月后的随访;定性访谈探讨了干预经验.
主要成果:
- 定性数据表明,在老年亚裔美国成年人中,情绪健康有望改善.
- 发现虚拟现实技术对老年成年参与者来说可能是可以接受的.
- 数据收集始于2021年底,到2022年12月,将招募26名参与者.
结论:
- 由孙子促进的代际回忆显示出增强痴呆症祖父母情感福祉的潜力.
- 虚拟现实技术很可能被老年人接受,为回忆疗法提供了一种新的方法.
- 未来的研究应该专注于将这项试点研究扩大到可复制的模型,并与控制组进行严格的有效性测试.
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