Category:
User Experience
Net4Age Ontology Terms:
acceptance
, comfort
, community
, researcher
, usability
Description:
Virtual Reality (VR) based meditation has been shown to help increase relaxation and decrease anxiety and depression in younger adults. However, this has not been studied in Randomized Controlled Trials (RCT) in the older adult populatio
Overview:
It is a RCT (Randomised Controlled Trials) study to investigate the effectiveness of meditation interventions using VR in the elderly
Objectives:
To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a VR-guided meditation intervention for community-dwelling elderly and its effect on stress and mental health.
Initiatives:
It proposes a more robust research method than the literature to date (July 2023)
Shortcomings:
A final version of the paper has not yet been provided. It is therefore not possible to elaborate on the results
Relevance:
2
Relevance Description:
It could provide evidence on the possible usefulness of VR
Quality:
4
Opinion:
It is a more structured (and therefore reliable) study that could propose some improvements on how to approach the elderly with technology
Recommended:
No
Overlap:
No
Overlap Detail:
Sources:
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1083219/abstract
Keywords:
Meditation - RCT - Stress management
Submitted By:
Pascal Fallavollita
Email:
ef.pillitteri@outlook.com