虚拟现实干预可以缓解COVID-19肺炎后康复的患者呼吸不良的症状
Sophie Betka1,2, Oliver Alan Kannape1,3,4,2, Jemina Fasola1
1Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Brain Mind Institute and Center for Neuroprosthetics, Faculty of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Geneva, Switzerland.
ERJ open research
|November 29, 2023
概括
沉浸式虚拟现实 (iVR) 疗法改善了COVID-19幸存者持久性呼吸障碍的呼吸舒适度. 这个数字疗法提供了一个安全和可行的呼吸道康复工具.
科学领域:
- 数字治疗学数字治疗学
- 呼吸系统康复 呼吸系统康复
- 虚拟现实应用程序 虚拟现实应用程序
背景情况:
- 持久性呼吸不良是COVID-19肺炎的常见后果.
- 沉浸式虚拟现实 (iVR) 在疼痛管理方面表现有前途,与呼吸障碍有相似之处.
- 调查视觉呼吸系统的反来缓解呼吸障碍是有必要的.
研究的目的:
- 评估基于IVR的干预措施的可行性和初始临床疗效.
- 评估同步与异步视觉呼吸反对持久性呼吸障碍的影响.
- 为了确定患者对iVR干预的满意度和感知益处.
主要方法:
- 进行了一项随机,单盲,交叉,概念验证研究.
- 患有持续性呼吸障碍 (≥5/10) 和保持认知的患者获得了同步或异步的IVR反.
- 通过问卷和呼吸记录来评估呼吸舒适度,满意度和感知到的好处.
主要成果:
- 呼吸舒适度随着同步iVR反显著改善 (p<0.05).
- 与基线相比,异步反没有改变呼吸舒适度.
- 报告了高患者满意度 (91.2%) 和感知益处 (66.7%) (分别为p<0.0001和p<0.05).
结论:
- 基于iVR的数字疗法是呼吸系统康复的可行和安全工具.
- 这种干预措施有效地改善了COVID-19幸存者患有持续性呼吸障碍的呼吸舒适度.
- 进一步的研究应该探索对其他呼吸不良原因和慢性化预防的概括性.
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