通过虚拟现实为痴呆症患者提供外界体验:混合方法研究
Maria Matsangidou1, Theodoros Solomou2, Fotos Frangoudes1,2
1CYENS Centre of Excellence, Nicosia, Cyprus.
JMIR aging
|September 1, 2023
概括
虚拟现实 (VR) 有效地减少长期护理中痴呆症的行为和心理症状. 这种共同设计的VR系统为改善痴呆症患者的生活质量提供了一个有前途的干预措施.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 人与计算机的交互
背景情况:
- 制度化与痴呆症的行为和心理症状增加有关.
- 虚拟现实 (VR) 显示了减轻痴呆症症状和改善生活质量的潜力.
- 目前对痴呆症的VR研究缺乏严格的评估和确的结果.
研究的目的:
- 与患者和专家共同设计和评估用于痴呆症症状管理的VR系统.
- 通过使用更大,多样化的患者群体来解决现有文献中的局限性.
- 严格评估VR对痴呆症行为和心理症状的影响.
主要方法:
- 一个VR系统与44名痴呆症患者和51名专家共同设计.
- 该系统与20名痴呆症患者和16名医学专家进行了评估.
- 查过程确定了患者喜欢的VR环境进行干预.
主要成果:
- 虚拟现实显著减少了痴呆症的行为和心理症状.
- 在攻击性,兴奋,焦虑,冷漠,抑郁和恐惧行为中观察到的特定症状减少.
- 共同设计的虚拟现实系统对症状管理产生了积极的影响.
结论:
- 虚拟现实技术可以有效地设计和部署用于痴呆症护理.
- 该研究提供了对优化虚拟现实干预措施的洞察力,用于痴呆症症状管理.
- 虚拟现实提供了一种有价值的工具,可以提高痴呆症患者的福祉.
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