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Virtual and augmented reality applications to improve older adults’ quality of life: A systematic mapping review and future directions
OBJECTIVE: The use of virtual reality and augmented reality to improve older adults’ quality of life has rapidly increased in recent years. This systematic mapping review aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of existing research that identifies and classifies current virtual reality and augment...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9629585/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36339904 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20552076221132099 |
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author | Baragash, Reem Sulaiman Aldowah, Hanan Ghazal, Samar |
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description | OBJECTIVE: The use of virtual reality and augmented reality to improve older adults’ quality of life has rapidly increased in recent years. This systematic mapping review aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of existing research that identifies and classifies current virtual reality and augmented reality applications that enhance the quality of life of older adults to increase the understanding of the impact of these technologies. METHODS: To reach this objective, a systematic mapping review was conducted of the studies published between 2009 and 2020 in major scientific databases, such as IEEE Xplore, Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed. A total of 57 studies were analyzed and classified into four main quality of life domains: physical, cognitive, psychological, and social well-being. RESULTS: The findings showed that virtual reality and augmented reality have found their places in many quality of life studies of older adults. Although virtual reality and augmented reality applications are notably growing in the physical and cognitive well-being domains in training and rehabilitation settings, they are still in the early stages of development in psychological and social well-being research as well as healthcare settings. Our findings also revealed that virtual reality games, particularly motion-based exergames, and 3D augmented reality systems are the most common virtual reality and augmented reality types among the reviewed studies. Moreover, balance and attention were the most prevalent physical and cognitive functions when using motion-based and immersive virtual reality exergames and augmented reality systems and games, respectively, while confidence and interaction were the most dominant psychological and social functions. CONCLUSION: This mapping review provides a comprehensive overview of potential areas for further research in this field, thereby assisting researchers, technologists, and health practitioners in expanding this field of research. |
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spelling | pubmed-96295852022-11-03 Virtual and augmented reality applications to improve older adults’ quality of life: A systematic mapping review and future directions Baragash, Reem Sulaiman Aldowah, Hanan Ghazal, Samar Digit Health Review Article OBJECTIVE: The use of virtual reality and augmented reality to improve older adults’ quality of life has rapidly increased in recent years. This systematic mapping review aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of existing research that identifies and classifies current virtual reality and augmented reality applications that enhance the quality of life of older adults to increase the understanding of the impact of these technologies. METHODS: To reach this objective, a systematic mapping review was conducted of the studies published between 2009 and 2020 in major scientific databases, such as IEEE Xplore, Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed. A total of 57 studies were analyzed and classified into four main quality of life domains: physical, cognitive, psychological, and social well-being. RESULTS: The findings showed that virtual reality and augmented reality have found their places in many quality of life studies of older adults. Although virtual reality and augmented reality applications are notably growing in the physical and cognitive well-being domains in training and rehabilitation settings, they are still in the early stages of development in psychological and social well-being research as well as healthcare settings. Our findings also revealed that virtual reality games, particularly motion-based exergames, and 3D augmented reality systems are the most common virtual reality and augmented reality types among the reviewed studies. Moreover, balance and attention were the most prevalent physical and cognitive functions when using motion-based and immersive virtual reality exergames and augmented reality systems and games, respectively, while confidence and interaction were the most dominant psychological and social functions. CONCLUSION: This mapping review provides a comprehensive overview of potential areas for further research in this field, thereby assisting researchers, technologists, and health practitioners in expanding this field of research. SAGE Publications 2022-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9629585/ /pubmed/36339904 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20552076221132099 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Review Article Baragash, Reem Sulaiman Aldowah, Hanan Ghazal, Samar Virtual and augmented reality applications to improve older adults’ quality of life: A systematic mapping review and future directions |
title | Virtual and augmented reality applications to improve older adults’ quality of life: A systematic mapping review and future directions |
title_full | Virtual and augmented reality applications to improve older adults’ quality of life: A systematic mapping review and future directions |
title_fullStr | Virtual and augmented reality applications to improve older adults’ quality of life: A systematic mapping review and future directions |
title_full_unstemmed | Virtual and augmented reality applications to improve older adults’ quality of life: A systematic mapping review and future directions |
title_short | Virtual and augmented reality applications to improve older adults’ quality of life: A systematic mapping review and future directions |
title_sort | virtual and augmented reality applications to improve older adults’ quality of life: a systematic mapping review and future directions |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9629585/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36339904 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20552076221132099 |
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