The effectiveness of exergame virtual reality intervention on occupational performance and life habits of depressed elderly people

The effectiveness of exergame virtual reality interventions on occupational performance and life habits of depressed elderly people

A single-blind, randomized, controlled and interventional clinical trial involving 98 participants. The online site www.sealedenvelope.com was used for randomization and was performed by an epidemiologist.

After receiving the written and oral consent form from the participants who meet the study entry criteria, before the start of the intervention, from the qualified participants of both groups, Beck Depression Questionnaire-II to determine the depression status before the intervention, MoCA test to determine their cognitive status, Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) to determine the status and performance satisfaction. Exergame virtual reality interventions are activities with specific scenarios that are implemented in the equipped virtual reality laboratory room at the National Center for Brain Mapping located in the technical faculty of Tehran University. Evaluations of the study variables are performed by an occupational therapy expert who is not a member of the research team, before and after the study.

Age range of 60 years and above • Diagnosis of depression by a trusted psychiatrist • Obtaining a score of 20 to 28 as suffering from moderate depression in Beck Depression Questionnaire II • Obtaining a score of 23 and above on the MoCA scale as healthy people in terms of cognitive items by all participants. • Be able to communicate verbally

The intervention group, are subjected to exergame virtual reality interventions. In this study, the control group receives no intervention.

Occupational Performance - Life habits - Exergame Virtual Reality

Randomization and concealment are done by the epidemiologist and for this purpose the online site www.sealedenvelope.com is used. Regarding the method of randomization, at the beginning of the study, using the above site, a random sequence of n items is generated by the balanced block method with block sizes of 4 and 6, which included n intervention cases and n control cases, and this The list was kept with the epidemiologist colleague (advisor). After examining the entry criteria of each of the participants and their eligibility, in order to decide on the placement of that person in each of the groups, the student contacts the professor and makes a decision based on the randomization sequence list for that person. It will be This procedure was carried out for all participants (n people) until the end, which led to the division of people into two completely equal and random groups, and this work kept the random sequence hidden from the patient (student), which shows the concept of concealment in The allocation process is random. Since the participants are from different areas of Tehran, this population can be referred to the whole society.

Both control and intervention group participants were assessed in terms of the studied scales, which include work performance and life habits in depressed elderly people, and were measured by the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure and the Life-H, respectively, by an occupational therapist, who is not a member of the research team, is evaluated before and after the intervention.

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