为患有自闭症谱系障碍的儿童提供基于元宇宙的社会技能培训计划,以提高社会互动能力:一个开放标签,单一中心,随机对照试点试验
Joo Hyun Lee1, Tae Seon Lee2,3, Su Young Yoo4,5
1Department of Biomedical Systems Informatics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
EClinicalMedicine
|July 24, 2023
概括
这项研究发现,基于元宇宙的社会技能计划改善了高功能自闭症谱系障碍 (HFASD) 的儿童的社会功能. 该计划在家中进行,在社会认知和沟通方面显示出积极的结果,没有任何不良事件.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 人与计算机的交互
背景情况:
- 自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 的特点是社会互动缺陷和重复性行为.
- 患有高功能自闭症儿童 (HFASD) 的孩子经常在社交沟通和同龄人关系方面扎.
- 开发有效的干预措施来提高HFASD儿童的社会技能至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 开发和评估基于元宇宙的计划的可行性,以提高患有HFASD的儿童的社会技能.
- 评估元宇宙干预对社会反应能力,认知和沟通的影响.
- 探索家庭数字干预对这一群体的潜力.
主要方法:
- 一项试点并行随机对照试验 (RCT) 涉及7-12岁的男孩患有HFASD.
- 参与者被随机分配到为期4周的基于metaverse的社交技能培训计划 (使用Roblox和Zoom) 或对照组.
- 主要结果是社会响应度-2 (SRS-2) 评分的变化,其次是社会认知,沟通和自闭症行为.
主要成果:
- 干预组的SRS-2分数下降,表明与对照组相比,社会功能有所改善.
- 在干预组中,社会认知,社会沟通和自闭症态度的显著改善被观察到.
- 在研究期间没有报告任何不良事件.
结论:
- 基于metaverse的计划提供了一种可行且潜在的有效方法来改善HFASD儿童的社交技能.
- 基于家庭的数字干预可以成为面对面互动具有挑战性的儿童的宝贵工具.
- 需要进一步的研究来探索这些干预措施的长期影响和更广泛的适用性.
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