Clinical trial NCT04324203: The Effectiveness of 3DVR Horticultural Therapy on Older Adults
Official title: The Effectiveness of 3DVR Horticultural Therapy on Older Adults' Physical and Mental Health
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Physical Health
Mental Health
Keywords: Horticultural therapy
3D VR
Older adults
long-term care facility
mental health
Lead sponsor: National Taiwan Normal University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-03-27
Enrollment: 106
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: This study intends to develop a 3DVR-based horticultural therapy intervention to explore the health effectiveness among older adults

Detailed description: Background: Institutionalized older adults have limited ability to engage in horticultural activities that can promote their physical and mental health.

Objective: This study explored the effects of a combination of three-dimensional (3D) virtual reality (VR) and horticultural therapy (HT) on institutionalized older adults' physical and mental health.

Methods: The study applied a quasi-experimental design. A total of 106 older adults from two long-term care facilities were recruited and assigned to the experimental (n = 59) or control (n = 47) group. The experimental participants received a nine-week intervention. Both groups completed three assessments: at baseline, after the intervention, and two months later. The outcome variables included health status, meaning in life, perceived mattering, loneliness, and depression.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* over 65 years old.
* being a long-term resident of the selected LTCF
* possessing the ability to understand verbal meanings
* being able to freely operate a joystick.

Exclusion Criteria:

* a history of severe psychiatric conditions, dementia, significant visual or hearing impairment, and/or current severe illnesses such as stroke or Parkinson's disease.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Health Status
timeFrame: Two months
measure: Meaning in life.
timeFrame: Two months
measure: Perceived mattering
timeFrame: Two months
measure: Loneliness
timeFrame: Two months
measure: Depression
timeFrame: Two months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Taipei
country: Taiwan
facility: National Taiwan Normal University,
Study officials:
affiliation: National Taiwan Normal University
name: Jong-Long Guo
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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