NCT05329272

Virtual Reality Training Intervention on Cognitive Function and Quality of Life

Effects of Incorporating Virtual Reality Training Intervention Into Health Care on Cognitive Function and Quality of Life in Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: I-Shou University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years – 99 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The present study aimed to investigate the effects of a Virtual Reality cognitive training intervention (VRCTI) on cognitive function changes measured with a cognitive test battery and improvement of quality of life in older adults with cognitive impairment in long-term care facilities. Weekly 1-hour sessions were implemented over 8 weeks targeting sustained and selective attention, memory, cognitive functions, and rule deduction. The passive control group received usual care.

Detailed description

Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the effects of a Virtual Reality cognitive training intervention (VRCTI) on cognitive function changes measured with a cognitive test battery and improvement of quality of life in older adults with cognitive impairment in long-term care facilities. Method: Weekly 1-hour sessions were implemented over 8 weeks targeting sustained and selective attention, memory, cognitive functions, and rule deduction. The VRCTI comprised 12 different tasks distributed in 8 sessions with different difficulty levels. The passive control group received usual care. Older adults were randomly assigned to either VR or control groups. An experimental pre-post design was used. Accuracy, error, and repetition rates were measured throughout each session. Intervention effects were analyzed using a generalized estimating equation model.

Conditions

• Virtual Reality
• Cognitive Impairment
• Quality of Life

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Virtual Reality Cognitive Training Intervention (VRCTI)	The VRCTI was developed to improve cognitive function. The intervention was designed that simulated schema of underwater world fish swimming. Each 1-hour session was typically divided into three parts: easy, medium and difficult, each with 4 different tasks, so there are 12 tasks/session in total. In some tasks, the VRCTI also distinguished between the real lure (e.g. a red triangle fish with a half-moon pattern) as well as unrelated lure items (i.e., blue square fish with polka dot pattern and other irrelevant items). The use of hardware elements for this study included visual (head-mounted display \[HMD\] in delivering the VR intervention), audio, and motor equipment.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-01-01
• Primary completion: 2018-12-01
• Completion: 2018-12-01
• First posted: 2022-04-14
• Last updated: 2022-04-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan