Golden Age: Virtual Reality and Mindfulness

Idego

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy Lifestyle; Psychological Wellbeing

Treatments: Behavioral: Mindfluness and Virtual Reality

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT05966844

Golden Age 01-2023

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the research is to identify innovative methodologies to improve the psychological well-being of ageing people.

Full description

With regard to the objectives of the Golden Age project, a software of Immersive Virtual Reality (VR) for people over 65. The application aims to improve the psychological wellbeing of ageing people, facilitating the removal of barriers that may represent a risk factor with respect to the assumption of a healthy and correct nutrition.

In particular, the elderly will be exposed to naturalistic scenarios in Virtual Reality combined with Mindfulness audio tracks. The practice of Mindfulness in Virtual Reality will be used to prevent and intervene on depressive symptoms, stress and anxiety, which represent the main obstacles to the adoption of healthy behaviours in the elderly person.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 64+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Average age over 64
• MMSE between 20 and 30
• Adequate vision and hearing to see scenarios and hear tracks
• sufficient ability to understand procedures and communicate with staff

Exclusion criteria

• High levels of depression combined with other psychological risk indices (such as suicidal thoughts)
• Current use of narcotics or substance abuse

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Mindfulness and Virtual Reality

Experimental group

Description:

This group will receive questionnaires at the beginning and end of the trial. In addition, they will undergo six mindfulness sessions in virtual reality for about six weeks. One session per week of approximately 5-10 minutes.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindfluness and Virtual Reality

No intervention

No Intervention group

Description:

This group will only receive questionnaires at the beginning and end of the experiment