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Effects of virtual reality guided meditation in older adults: the protocol of a pilot randomized controlled trial
BACKGROUND: 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 population. The aim of this RCT is to assess the feasibility...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10421698/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37575420 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1083219 |
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author | Cinalioglu, Karin Lavín, Paola Bein, Magnus Lesage, Myriam Gruber, Johanna Se, Jade Bukhari, Syeda Sasi, Neeti Noble, Helen Andree-Bruneau, Marie Launay, Cyrille Sanders, Justin Gauthier, Serge Rosa, Pedro Lifshitz, Michael Battistini, Bruno J. Beauchet, Olivier Khoury, Bassam Bouchard, Stephane Fallavollita, Pascal Vahia, Ipsit Rej, Soham Sekhon, Harmehr |
author_facet | Cinalioglu, Karin Lavín, Paola Bein, Magnus Lesage, Myriam Gruber, Johanna Se, Jade Bukhari, Syeda Sasi, Neeti Noble, Helen Andree-Bruneau, Marie Launay, Cyrille Sanders, Justin Gauthier, Serge Rosa, Pedro Lifshitz, Michael Battistini, Bruno J. Beauchet, Olivier Khoury, Bassam Bouchard, Stephane Fallavollita, Pascal Vahia, Ipsit Rej, Soham Sekhon, Harmehr |
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description | BACKGROUND: 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 population. The aim of this RCT is to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a VR-guided meditation intervention for community-dwelling older adults and its effect on stress and mental health. METHODS: We will recruit 30 participants aged ≥ 60 years, whose perceived stress score (PSS) is > 14 (moderate stress), and randomize them 1:1 to the intervention or control waitlist group. The intervention will involve exposure to eight 15-min VR-guided meditation sessions distributed twice weekly for 4-weeks. Two modalities will be offered: in-home and at the hospital. DATA ANALYSIS: Baseline and post-intervention assessments will evaluate perceived stress, anxiety, depression, sleep quality, quality of life, and mindfulness skills. Analyses will employ mixed methods repeated ANOVA tests. Qualitative analyses through semi-structured interviews and participant observation will be used to assess participants’ experiences. Study outcomes include: (A) feasibility and acceptability compared to a waitlist control (B) stress, using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS); (C) anxiety, and depression, using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9); (D) insomnia, quality of life and mindfulness skills, using the Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS), Quality of Life Questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L) and Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire Short Forms (FFMQ-SF), respectively. We will also measure immersive tendencies, sickness and sense of presence using the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire (SSQ) and the Presence Questionnaire (PQ). DISCUSSION: Virtual reality-guided meditation could be an acceptable, feasible, safe, and cost-effective novel alternative health intervention for improving older adults’ mental health. Clinical trial registration: NCT05315609 at https://clinicaltrials.gov. |
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spelling | pubmed-104216982023-08-12 Effects of virtual reality guided meditation in older adults: the protocol of a pilot randomized controlled trial Cinalioglu, Karin Lavín, Paola Bein, Magnus Lesage, Myriam Gruber, Johanna Se, Jade Bukhari, Syeda Sasi, Neeti Noble, Helen Andree-Bruneau, Marie Launay, Cyrille Sanders, Justin Gauthier, Serge Rosa, Pedro Lifshitz, Michael Battistini, Bruno J. Beauchet, Olivier Khoury, Bassam Bouchard, Stephane Fallavollita, Pascal Vahia, Ipsit Rej, Soham Sekhon, Harmehr Front Psychol Psychology BACKGROUND: 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 population. The aim of this RCT is to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a VR-guided meditation intervention for community-dwelling older adults and its effect on stress and mental health. METHODS: We will recruit 30 participants aged ≥ 60 years, whose perceived stress score (PSS) is > 14 (moderate stress), and randomize them 1:1 to the intervention or control waitlist group. The intervention will involve exposure to eight 15-min VR-guided meditation sessions distributed twice weekly for 4-weeks. Two modalities will be offered: in-home and at the hospital. DATA ANALYSIS: Baseline and post-intervention assessments will evaluate perceived stress, anxiety, depression, sleep quality, quality of life, and mindfulness skills. Analyses will employ mixed methods repeated ANOVA tests. Qualitative analyses through semi-structured interviews and participant observation will be used to assess participants’ experiences. Study outcomes include: (A) feasibility and acceptability compared to a waitlist control (B) stress, using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS); (C) anxiety, and depression, using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9); (D) insomnia, quality of life and mindfulness skills, using the Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS), Quality of Life Questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L) and Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire Short Forms (FFMQ-SF), respectively. We will also measure immersive tendencies, sickness and sense of presence using the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire (SSQ) and the Presence Questionnaire (PQ). DISCUSSION: Virtual reality-guided meditation could be an acceptable, feasible, safe, and cost-effective novel alternative health intervention for improving older adults’ mental health. Clinical trial registration: NCT05315609 at https://clinicaltrials.gov. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10421698/ /pubmed/37575420 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1083219 Text en Copyright © 2023 Cinalioglu, Lavín, Bein, Lesage, Gruber, Se, Bukhari, Sasi, Noble, Andree-Bruneau, Launay, Sanders, Gauthier, Rosa, Lifshitz, Battistini, Beauchet, Khoury, Bouchard, Fallavollita, Vahia, Rej and Sekhon. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Cinalioglu, Karin Lavín, Paola Bein, Magnus Lesage, Myriam Gruber, Johanna Se, Jade Bukhari, Syeda Sasi, Neeti Noble, Helen Andree-Bruneau, Marie Launay, Cyrille Sanders, Justin Gauthier, Serge Rosa, Pedro Lifshitz, Michael Battistini, Bruno J. Beauchet, Olivier Khoury, Bassam Bouchard, Stephane Fallavollita, Pascal Vahia, Ipsit Rej, Soham Sekhon, Harmehr Effects of virtual reality guided meditation in older adults: the protocol of a pilot randomized controlled trial |
title | Effects of virtual reality guided meditation in older adults: the protocol of a pilot randomized controlled trial |
title_full | Effects of virtual reality guided meditation in older adults: the protocol of a pilot randomized controlled trial |
title_fullStr | Effects of virtual reality guided meditation in older adults: the protocol of a pilot randomized controlled trial |
title_full_unstemmed | Effects of virtual reality guided meditation in older adults: the protocol of a pilot randomized controlled trial |
title_short | Effects of virtual reality guided meditation in older adults: the protocol of a pilot randomized controlled trial |
title_sort | effects of virtual reality guided meditation in older adults: the protocol of a pilot randomized controlled trial |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10421698/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37575420 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1083219 |
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