虚拟现实暴露对青少年瘤患者心理痛苦的影响
Andrea Paulis1, Valerio Marri1, Andrea De Salvo1
1Onco-Hematology, Cell and Gene Therapy, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Lazio, Italy.
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|October 21, 2025
概括
虚拟现实 (VR) 在住院期间显著减少了青少年和年轻成人患癌症的心理痛苦,焦虑和抑郁. 这种干预措施有望改善儿科瘤患者的精神健康.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 数字健康数字健康
背景情况:
- 患有癌症的青少年和年轻人 (AYA) 在住院期间经常经历心理困扰.
- 虚拟现实 (VR) 是一种新兴的非药物干预,在儿科瘤学中应用有限.
研究的目的:
- 评估VR作为减少住院AYA瘤患者心理痛苦的干预措施的有效性.
- 评估VR在这个患者群体中的可行性和耐受性.
主要方法:
- 一项随机对照试验,涉及35名AYA瘤学患者 (12至21岁).
- 参与者被分配到实验组,接受VR课程加标准护理,或只接受标准护理的对照组.
- 心理困扰是使用困扰温度计 (DT),州道焦虑库存-Y1 (STAI-Y1) 和医院焦虑和抑郁量表 (HADS) 来测量的.
主要成果:
- 实验组与对照组相比,显著减少了痛苦 (DT),状态焦虑 (STAI-Y1) 和抑郁症状 (HADS-D) (p<.05).
- 观察到的减少效应大小为中大 (科恩的d).
- 在对照组中,心理测量没有显著的变化.
结论:
- 虚拟现实是一种可行且耐受良好的干预措施,用于减少AYA瘤患者的心理痛苦.
- 虚拟现实显示出作为一个有效的工具的潜力,可以被整合到儿科瘤学的多学科护理中.
- 需要进一步的大规模研究来证实VR在这个人群中的有效性.
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