息治疗中的个性化虚拟现实:对一些患者来说,临床上有意义的症状改善
Kaylin Altman1, Dimitrios Saredakis1, Hannah Keage1
1Justice & Society, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
BMJ supportive & palliative care
|February 20, 2024
概括
个性化虚拟现实 (VR) 疗法显著改善了息护理患者的生活质量,并减少了症状负担. 超过一半的人在VR课程后在情绪和身体症状方面经历了有意义的好处.
科学领域:
- 抚慰性护理医学 抚慰性护理医学
- 数字健康干预措施 数字健康干预措施
- 精神病体医学是一种精神病体医学.
背景情况:
- 息治疗旨在改善临终性疾病患者的生活质量.
- 虚拟现实 (VR) 治疗是一种新兴的干预措施,对症状管理有潜在的好处.
研究的目的:
- 评估个性化VR治疗对息护理患者的影响.
- 评估VR治疗对情绪和身体症状以及生活质量的影响.
- 确定在临床上有意义的改善的患者比例.
主要方法:
- 混合方法设计用于16名息性住院患者.
- 参与者完成了三次20分钟的个性化VR会议.
- 使用经过验证的尺度 (ESAS-R,FACIT-Pal-14) 测量了症状负担和生活质量.
主要成果:
- 观察到生活质量 (科恩d:0.98) 和整体症状负担 (科恩d:0.75) 的显著改善.
- 无论是情绪 (科恩的d:0.67) 和身体症状 (科恩的d:0.63) 都显示出显著的减少.
- 超过50%的患者每次治疗都取得了临床上有意义的改善,但个体差异显著.
结论:
- 个性化VR疗法在息治疗中提供了细微的有效性,使超过一半的患者受益.
- 虚拟现实疗法有效地减少了情绪和身体症状.
- 对VR治疗的个体反应各不相同,需要量身定制的期望和实施.
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