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The Use of Virtual Therapy in Cardiac Rehabilitation of Female Patients with Heart Disease
Background and Objectives: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has become increasingly prevalent in women, and it is also in this group that the risk of developing depression is the highest. The most commonly applied therapeutic intervention in cardiac rehabilitation is Schultz’s autogenic training, which...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8401556/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34440974 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57080768 |
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author | Jóźwik, Sandra Cieślik, Błażej Gajda, Robert Szczepańska-Gieracha, Joanna |
author_facet | Jóźwik, Sandra Cieślik, Błażej Gajda, Robert Szczepańska-Gieracha, Joanna |
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description | Background and Objectives: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has become increasingly prevalent in women, and it is also in this group that the risk of developing depression is the highest. The most commonly applied therapeutic intervention in cardiac rehabilitation is Schultz’s autogenic training, which has proven to be of little efficacy in reducing depression and anxiety disorders. At the same time, a growing number of scientific reports have been looking at the use of virtual reality (VR) to treat mental health problems. This study aimed at assessing the efficacy of virtual therapy in reducing levels of depression, anxiety, and stress in female CVD patients. Materials and Methods: The study included 43 women who were randomly divided into two groups: experimental group (N = 17), where eight-week cardiac rehabilitation was enhanced with VR-based therapeutic sessions, and control group (N = 26), where the VR therapy was replaced with Schultz’s autogenic training. Mental state parameters were measured using the Perception of Stress Questionnaire and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Results: In the experimental group, the sole parameter which failed to improve was HADS-Anxiety, which remained at the baseline level. In the control group, there was a deterioration in nearly all tested parameters except for HADS-Depression. Statistically significant differences in the efficacy of rehabilitation were recorded in relation to the level of stress in the sub-scales: emotional tension (p = 0.005), external stress (p = 0.012), intrapsychic stress (p = 0.023) and the generalized stress scale (p = 0.004). Conclusions: VR therapy is an efficient and interesting complement to cardiac rehabilitation, with proven efficacy in reducing stress levels. |
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spelling | pubmed-84015562021-08-29 The Use of Virtual Therapy in Cardiac Rehabilitation of Female Patients with Heart Disease Jóźwik, Sandra Cieślik, Błażej Gajda, Robert Szczepańska-Gieracha, Joanna Medicina (Kaunas) Article Background and Objectives: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has become increasingly prevalent in women, and it is also in this group that the risk of developing depression is the highest. The most commonly applied therapeutic intervention in cardiac rehabilitation is Schultz’s autogenic training, which has proven to be of little efficacy in reducing depression and anxiety disorders. At the same time, a growing number of scientific reports have been looking at the use of virtual reality (VR) to treat mental health problems. This study aimed at assessing the efficacy of virtual therapy in reducing levels of depression, anxiety, and stress in female CVD patients. Materials and Methods: The study included 43 women who were randomly divided into two groups: experimental group (N = 17), where eight-week cardiac rehabilitation was enhanced with VR-based therapeutic sessions, and control group (N = 26), where the VR therapy was replaced with Schultz’s autogenic training. Mental state parameters were measured using the Perception of Stress Questionnaire and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Results: In the experimental group, the sole parameter which failed to improve was HADS-Anxiety, which remained at the baseline level. In the control group, there was a deterioration in nearly all tested parameters except for HADS-Depression. Statistically significant differences in the efficacy of rehabilitation were recorded in relation to the level of stress in the sub-scales: emotional tension (p = 0.005), external stress (p = 0.012), intrapsychic stress (p = 0.023) and the generalized stress scale (p = 0.004). Conclusions: VR therapy is an efficient and interesting complement to cardiac rehabilitation, with proven efficacy in reducing stress levels. MDPI 2021-07-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8401556/ /pubmed/34440974 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57080768 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Jóźwik, Sandra Cieślik, Błażej Gajda, Robert Szczepańska-Gieracha, Joanna The Use of Virtual Therapy in Cardiac Rehabilitation of Female Patients with Heart Disease |
title | The Use of Virtual Therapy in Cardiac Rehabilitation of Female Patients with Heart Disease |
title_full | The Use of Virtual Therapy in Cardiac Rehabilitation of Female Patients with Heart Disease |
title_fullStr | The Use of Virtual Therapy in Cardiac Rehabilitation of Female Patients with Heart Disease |
title_full_unstemmed | The Use of Virtual Therapy in Cardiac Rehabilitation of Female Patients with Heart Disease |
title_short | The Use of Virtual Therapy in Cardiac Rehabilitation of Female Patients with Heart Disease |
title_sort | use of virtual therapy in cardiac rehabilitation of female patients with heart disease |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8401556/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34440974 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57080768 |
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