使用头戴虚拟现实技术为残疾成年人提供无忧的公共牙科:可行性混合方法研究协议.
Dung T Bui1,2, Fiona McAlinden1, Alice Urban3
1School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Frankston, VIC, Australia.
JMIR research protocols
|February 13, 2026
概括
这项研究探讨了使用虚拟现实 (VR) 来减少公共诊所中残疾成年人的牙焦虑. 结果将指导将VR整合到牙科服务中,以实现更好的口腔健康公平.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 数字健康数字健康
- 牙科公共卫生 牙科公共卫生
背景情况:
- 口腔疾病是一个全球性的问题,残疾成年人面临着牙科护理的重大障碍.
- 这些障碍包括身体访问,沟通问题和焦虑,导致口腔健康结果较差.
- 虚拟现实 (VR) 显示出在儿科和私人牙科设置中减少焦虑的潜力,但其在公共成人牙科对残疾人的使用尚未得到充分研究.
研究的目的:
- 评估Smileyscope VR耳机在公共牙科诊所的可行性,可用性和可接受性.
- 评估VR在减少残疾成年人牙焦虑方面的有效性.
- 为了增强这个群体的牙科护理体验.
主要方法:
- 一个混合方法的融合设计,涉及50名成年患者和10名维多利亚社区牙医站点的牙科工作人员.
- 通过视觉模拟尺度,系统可用性尺度 (SUS) 和技术接受模型问卷收集定量数据.
- 来自半结构面试的定性数据,主题分析. 与残疾人倡导者共同设计确保了生活经验的整合.
主要成果:
- 该研究得到了资助,并获得了伦理审批,数据收集计划从2025年10月到2026年3月进行.
- 主要可行性指标包括招聘率 (≥60%),完成率 (≥80%SUS) 和可用性值 (平均SUS≥68).
- 将报告具有95%CI的描述性分析. 主要可行性估计和定性主题预计将在2026年中期发布.
结论:
- 这项可行性研究协议将为将VR整合到公共牙科服务中提供可扩展模型提供信息.
- 结果旨在改善口腔健康公平性和以患者为中心的护理.
- 这项研究进一步证明了牙科领域的包容性数字健康创新.
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