通过虚拟现实抛弃来增加群体积障碍的治疗:一项针对老年人的试点研究
Hannah Raila1, Tatevik Avanesyan2, Keara E Valentine2
1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; Department of Psychology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
Journal of psychiatric research
|September 16, 2023
概括
虚拟现实 (VR) 为积障碍治疗提供了一种新的方法. 这项研究发现,VR丢弃对老年人来说是可行的和有用的,增加了现实生活中的丢弃和减少症状.
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:
- 储蓄障碍是一种普遍且残疾性的疾病,特别是在老年人中.
- 目前的治疗方法往往侧重于家庭技能,这对一些患者来说可能是具有挑战性的或不可行的.
- 虚拟现实 (VR) 为在模拟环境中练习抛弃技能提供了一个潜在的替代方案.
研究的目的:
- 评估虚拟现实 (VR) 干预措施对老年人存储障碍的可行性和初步有效性.
- 评估VR丢弃实践是否可以增强现有的积障碍群体治疗.
- 探索与VR相关的参与者体验和症状变化.
主要方法:
- 8周的VR干预被添加到16周的"埋藏在宝藏中"小组治疗中,对9名老年人进行积障碍.
- 根据参与者的实际家园创建了个性化的VR环境,其中包括他们财产的3D扫描.
- 参与者参加临床医生管理的VR课程,练习对虚拟物品进行分类和丢弃.
主要成果:
- 发现VR干预是可行的管理和被参与者耐受良好.
- 几乎所有参与者都报告说,VR课程有助于增加他们现实生活中的丢弃行为.
- 自我报告的储存症状从基线显著下降,九名参与者中有七名显示可靠的改善.
结论:
- 虚拟现实 (VR) 是一个可行的方法来模拟在家里丢弃的经验,对于存储障碍的人来说.
- 虚拟现实干预在增强技能获取方面表现有希望,并可能有助于减少老年人积症状.
- 需要进一步的临床研究来确定VR丢弃实践与现有治疗方法的比较有效性.
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