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Effectiveness of Virtual Reality-Based Training on Oral Healthcare for Disabled Elderly Persons: A Randomized Controlled Trial

(1) Background: Virtual reality (VR) technology is a widely used training tool in medical education. The present study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of VR training of oral hygiene students on providing oral healthcare to disabled elderly persons. (2) Methods: A randomized controlled trial was...

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Autores principales: Chang, Ai-Hua, Lin, Pei-Chen, Lin, Pei-Chao, Lin, Yi-Ching, Kabasawa, Yuji, Lin, Cheng-Yu, Huang, Hsiao-Ling
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8879228/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35207706
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm12020218
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author Chang, Ai-Hua
Lin, Pei-Chen
Lin, Pei-Chao
Lin, Yi-Ching
Kabasawa, Yuji
Lin, Cheng-Yu
Huang, Hsiao-Ling
author_facet Chang, Ai-Hua
Lin, Pei-Chen
Lin, Pei-Chao
Lin, Yi-Ching
Kabasawa, Yuji
Lin, Cheng-Yu
Huang, Hsiao-Ling
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description (1) Background: Virtual reality (VR) technology is a widely used training tool in medical education. The present study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of VR training of oral hygiene students on providing oral healthcare to disabled elderly persons. (2) Methods: A randomized controlled trial was conducted. In 2021, oral hygiene students were randomly assigned to a VR experimental group (EG; n = 11) and a control group (CG; n = 12). The EG received two-hour, thrice-repeated VR-based training interventions at 2-week, 4-week, and 6-week follow-ups. The CG received no VR-based interventions. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire before and immediately after each intervention. We performed generalized estimating equations to compare the responses. (3) Results: The EG exhibited a more significant improvement in oral care-related knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, and intention at the 6-week follow-up than the CG. The students’ intention to assist the elderly in using interdental brushes (β = 0.91), with soft tissue cleaning (β = 0.53), and with oral desensitization (β = 0.53), and to have regular dental visits (β = 0.61) improved significantly at the 6-week follow-up. (4) Conclusions: VR training positively affected students’ knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, and intentions on providing oral healthcare to disabled elderly persons.
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spelling pubmed-88792282022-02-26 Effectiveness of Virtual Reality-Based Training on Oral Healthcare for Disabled Elderly Persons: A Randomized Controlled Trial Chang, Ai-Hua Lin, Pei-Chen Lin, Pei-Chao Lin, Yi-Ching Kabasawa, Yuji Lin, Cheng-Yu Huang, Hsiao-Ling J Pers Med Article (1) Background: Virtual reality (VR) technology is a widely used training tool in medical education. The present study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of VR training of oral hygiene students on providing oral healthcare to disabled elderly persons. (2) Methods: A randomized controlled trial was conducted. In 2021, oral hygiene students were randomly assigned to a VR experimental group (EG; n = 11) and a control group (CG; n = 12). The EG received two-hour, thrice-repeated VR-based training interventions at 2-week, 4-week, and 6-week follow-ups. The CG received no VR-based interventions. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire before and immediately after each intervention. We performed generalized estimating equations to compare the responses. (3) Results: The EG exhibited a more significant improvement in oral care-related knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, and intention at the 6-week follow-up than the CG. The students’ intention to assist the elderly in using interdental brushes (β = 0.91), with soft tissue cleaning (β = 0.53), and with oral desensitization (β = 0.53), and to have regular dental visits (β = 0.61) improved significantly at the 6-week follow-up. (4) Conclusions: VR training positively affected students’ knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, and intentions on providing oral healthcare to disabled elderly persons. MDPI 2022-02-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8879228/ /pubmed/35207706 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm12020218 Text en © 2022 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/).
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Huang, Hsiao-Ling
Effectiveness of Virtual Reality-Based Training on Oral Healthcare for Disabled Elderly Persons: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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title_fullStr Effectiveness of Virtual Reality-Based Training on Oral Healthcare for Disabled Elderly Persons: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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title_short Effectiveness of Virtual Reality-Based Training on Oral Healthcare for Disabled Elderly Persons: A Randomized Controlled Trial
title_sort effectiveness of virtual reality-based training on oral healthcare for disabled elderly persons: a randomized controlled trial
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8879228/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35207706
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm12020218
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