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A Virtual Reality at Home Intervention for People Living With Dementia
Sponsor: University Health Network, Toronto
Summary
The goal of the current study is to design and evaluate a virtual reality (VR) at-home intervention to facilitate communication between persons living with dementia (PLwD) and their family/friend care partners, and in turn improve their interpersonal relationships and quality of life. The project also aims to provide a direct comparison of an immersive VR system with non-immersive tablet-based technology. PLwD and care partner interactions will be recorded during each of the following sessions and then used for the primary measure of verbal and non-verbal communication. * Picture Book condition (baseline): PLwD and care partner view pictures together on photo album * VR condition: PLwD watch 360 degree videos on a VR and the care partner watches the same content concurrently on a paired tablet * Table-Only condition: PLwD and care partner watch 360 videos together on the tablet
Official title: VRx@Home: A Virtual Reality At-Home Intervention for Persons Living With Dementia and Their Care Partners
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
60
Start Date
2022-11-17
Completion Date
2025-04
Last Updated
2025-04-11
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Virtual Reality
Persons living with dementia (PLwD) will view 360-degree videos using a commercially-available Virtual Reality (VR) head mounted display that has built-in speakers. While wearing the VR headset, PLwD-participant will be able to visually explore the virtual environments by turning their head to face different directions. Care partner-participants will take part in the VR experience concurrently by viewing a tablet that is connected to the VR headset through the \"screen mirroring\" function.
Tablet-Only
PLwD and care partner will view 360-degree videos together on a commercially-available tablet that has built-in speakers. They will be able to visually explore the virtual environment using the touch screen (dragging the view around with their fingers).
Locations (1)
KITE Research Institute, University Health Network
Toronto, Ontario, Canada