A Walk Through Dementia

Haidrani, Layla

doi:10.7748/ns.30.50.32.s37

Nursing Standard

2016

DOI: 10.7748/ns.30.50.32.s37

|View full text |Cite

A Walk Through Dementia

Layla Haidrani¹

Abstract: Developed by charity Alzheimer's Research UK, and guided by people living with different forms of dementia, this app aims to give an insight into the everyday life of people suffering from dementia.

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...

Citation Types

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Year Published

2024

Publication Types

Select...

Article1

Relationship

Self Cite0

Independent1

Authors

Journals

Cited by 1 publication

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

Evaluating a virtual reality dementia training experience using psychophysiological methods: A randomised controlled study

Stafford,

Bender,

Parsons

et al. 2024

Australas J Ageing

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

ObjectivesVirtual reality (VR) is increasingly used for training the dementia care workforce. It is unknown whether VR is superior to traditional training techniques in improving dementia care amongst practicing nurses. This study compared the impact of a VR application on nurses' knowledge and attitudes towards people living with dementia, to video‐based, non‐immersive training.MethodsTwenty‐two registered and enrolled nurses were randomised to either interactive VR experience or video footage captured from within the app. Participants completed surveys pre‐ and post‐training to assess their knowledge of dementia, attitudes towards dementia and person‐centredness. Engagement with training was assessed objectively using facial electromyography, and subjectively with self‐reported scales.ResultsVirtual reality evoked objectively significant greater positive and negative emotional responses than video (positive emotion fEMG: VR mean .012 mV vs. video .005 mV, F[1, 20] = 8.70, p = .01; negative emotion fEMG: VR mean .018 mV vs. video .008 mV, F[1, 20] = 18.40, p < .001). Self‐ratings of engagement and emotional state were similar. There was little change in the VR group's knowledge of, and attitudes towards, dementia; the video group's dementia knowledge improved (total DKAS mean differences: VR .1 t = .07, df = 9, p = .95 vs. video −2.3 t = −2.265, df = 11, p = .045).ConclusionsVirtual reality is more engaging than traditional training in highly experienced dementia care practitioners. Despite this, VR may not be superior to traditional training techniques to improve knowledge and attitude for many learners. A focus of future research in the area should be on how to capitalise on VR's greater emotional engagement so that Australia's nursing workforce is better equipped to care for the increasing number of people living with dementia.

show abstract

Evaluating a virtual reality dementia training experience using psychophysiological methods: A randomised controlled study

Stafford,

Bender,

Parsons

et al. 2024

Australas J Ageing

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.

Contact Info

hi@scite.ai

10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614

Henderson, NV 89052, USA

Blog Terms and Conditions API Terms Privacy Policy Contact Cookie Preferences Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information

Made with 💙 for researchers

Part of the Research Solutions Family.

A Walk Through Dementia

Abstract: Developed by charity Alzheimer's Research UK, and guided by people living with different forms of dementia, this app aims to give an insight into the everyday life of people suffering from dementia.

Cited by 1 publication

References 0 publications

Evaluating a virtual reality dementia training experience using psychophysiological methods: A randomised controlled study

Evaluating a virtual reality dementia training experience using psychophysiological methods: A randomised controlled study

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About