NCT04074655

Investigating the Effect of Training With a Virtual Reality Driving Simulator

Investigating the Effect of Training With a Virtual Reality Driving Simulator on Orientation Skills in Individuals With Some Memory Impairments

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 12 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Manitoba · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The proposed study aims to investigate the use of a driving simulator in a virtual reality (VR) environment to improve the cognition state and spatial navigation of individuals with mild/moderate memory impairment. All volunteers will be assessed by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA),Montgomery-Asberg Depression Scale (MADRS) and Morris Water orientation tests for baseline assessment after they sign the consent form and are enrolled into the study. Participants will also be scheduled for post-intervention assessments (MADRS, Morris Water Orientation and a simple questionnaire on how they evaluate the experiment). Participants of the study will play the driving simulator daily (5 days/week) for 15-20 minutes/day over a period of 2 consecutive weeks. Participants' daily performance data are recorded and uploaded on the secure server of the Priciple Investigator (PI). Simulator Sickness Questionnaire (SSQ) test will also be run after the first session of the experiment and at the end of the training period.

Detailed description

After obtaining their consent and enrolling into the study, participants of the study will commit themselves to use the driving simulator daily (5 days/week), and 15-20 minutes/day for a period of 2 consecutive weeks. The location for these simulation sessions will be one of the Family rooms of the Lindenwood Retirement Community. During the experiment, the research assistant (RA) of the study will be present and monitor participants for any plausible simulator sickness. In case if a participant presents any simulator sickness symptom, the experiment will be stopped and the RA will remain with the participant until s/he feels alright to go back to his/her room or with a caregiver. The RA and PI may withdraw the participant from the study if it is for their benefit. Participants' performance data and the duration of which they practice are all being recorded and uploaded on the secure server of the PI. After the end of the 2-week exercise program, participants will be assessed again by Morris Water orientation test, SSQ, and MADRS; SSQ test will also be run after the first session of the experiment. Furthermore, their feedback about using the driving simulator will be collected through a

Conditions

• Spatial Navigation
• Navigation, Spatial
• Dementia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Driving Simulator in a Virtual Reality Environment	Driving simulator in virtual reality environment is a game with the several level of difficulty and the goal of improving the cognition level of participants in general and their spatial cognition in particular. Moreover this game, will have a positive effect on its users' mood as well.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-09-10
• Primary completion: 2020-01-01
• Completion: 2020-03-01
• First posted: 2019-08-30
• Last updated: 2020-03-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada