Clinical trial NCT03799042: The Use of Virtual Reality (VR) and the Change in Emotion in Hong Kong Elders
Official title: The Use of Virtual Reality (VR) and the Change in Emotional State in Hong Kong Elders
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Virtual Reality
Emotions
Lead sponsor: Chinese University of Hong Kong
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-01-10
Enrollment: 236
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 50
Maximum age (years): 99
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: CROSSOVER
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: Virtual Reality (VR) is a technology that combines virtual technology and real-world scenario. In recent years, more and more neuroscience and psychology scientists utilised VR technology in their research. In Hong Kong, many of the community-dwelling elders are immobile. Long-term homestay may negatively affect the emotional state. Measuring the emotional change after administration of VR may prove it as an alternative tool for emotion intervention.

The primary objective is to compare the improvement in the emotional changes between intergeneration interaction and the use of VR technology.

The secondary objective is to evaluate the side effect after using VR technology.

This is a randomized, open label-controlled trial with a crossover design. The subject will be randomized in a ratio of 1:1 into two different intervention groups, the VR group and the Intergeneration Interaction group. After 2 weeks of washout period, the VR group will receive Intergeneration Interaction and vice versa. The intervention phases last approximately 2 hours. The change in the emotional state will be assessed using the Positive and Negative Affect Scale. Any adverse event that causes by the VR will be recorded using the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire(SSQ).

This trial is the first study in Hong Kong to investigate the change of emotional state after the administration of VR technology, targeting community-dwelling elders in Hong Kong.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Native Cantonese Speaker

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Primary outcomes:
measure: Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS)
timeFrame: Major assessment points are scheduled prior to intervention(baseline), post intervention of the first visit (approximate 2 hours after baseline), and post intervention of the second visit (2 weeks after first intervention.)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Simulator Sickness Questionnaire
timeFrame: Major assessment points are scheduled prior to intervention(baseline), post intervention of the first visit (approximate 2 hours after baseline), and post intervention of the second visit (2 weeks after first intervention.)
measure: Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS)
timeFrame: Major assessment points are scheduled prior, post-intervention of first visit (approximate two hours after baseline)
measure: Simulator Sickness Questionnaire
timeFrame: Major assessment points are scheduled prior, post-intervention of first visit (approximate two hours after baseline)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Hong Kong
country: Hong Kong
facility: Caritas Elderly Centre - Sai Kung
state: HK
Study officials:
affiliation: Chinese University of Hong Kong
name: Kelvin KF Tsoi, BSc, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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