Virtual reality-based cognitive stimulation on people with mild to moderate dementia due to alzheimer’s disease : a pilot randomized controlled trial

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dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorGamito, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorSouto, Maria Teresa Soares
dc.contributor.authorDias, Ana Rita Conde
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Maria
dc.contributor.authorCorotnean, Tatiana
dc.contributor.authorFernandes, Adriano
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Henrique
dc.contributor.authorNeto, Teresa
dc.contributor.institutionHEI-LAB (FCT) - Digital Laboratories for Environments and Human Interactions
dc.date.issued2021-05-02
dc.descriptionThis study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Ethics Committee of Ethical and Deontological Committee for Scientific Research of the School of Psychology and Life Sciences (CEDIC) of Lusófona University in Lisbon, Portugal. Minutes No. 1/2018. On 2 October 2018, CEDIC. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
dc.description.abstractThe use of ecologically oriented approaches with virtual reality (VR) depicting instrumen-tal activities of daily living (IADL) is a promising approach for intervention on acquired brain inju-ries. However, results of such an approach on dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are still lacking. This research reports on a pilot randomized controlled trial that aims to explore the effect of cognitive stimulation reproducing several IADL in VR on people with mild to moderate dementia caused by AD. Patients are being recruited from residential care homes of Santa Casa da Misericórdia da Amadora (SCMA) which is a relevant non-profit social and healthcare provider in Portugal. This intervention lasts 2 months with a total of 10 sessions (2 sessions/week). Neuropsy-chological assessment is carried out at baseline and follow-up using established neuropsychological instruments for assessing memory, attention and executive functions. The sample consisted of 17 patients of both genders randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. The prelimi-nary results show an improvement in the overall cognitive function in the experimental group, which suggest this approach to be effective for neurocognitive stimulation for older adults with dementia, contributing to maintain cognitive function in AD.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research received no external funding, but the research unit supporting this project was funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) of Portugal
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dc.identifier.citationOliveira, J, Gamito, P, Souto, M T S, Dias, A R C, Ferreira, M, Corotnean, T, Fernandes, A, Silva, H & Neto, T 2021, 'Virtual reality-based cognitive stimulation on people with mild to moderate dementia due to alzheimer’s disease : a pilot randomized controlled trial', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 10, 5290. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105290
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105290
dc.identifier.issn1661-7827
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85105700718&partnerID=8YFLogxK
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.subjectPSICOLOGIA
dc.subjectDOENÇA DE ALZHEIMER
dc.subjectENVELHECIMENTO
dc.subjectESTIMULAÇÃO COGNITIVA
dc.subjectDEMÊNCIA
dc.subjectREALIDADE VIRTUAL
dc.subjectPSYCHOLOGY
dc.subjectALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
dc.subjectAGEING
dc.subjectCOGNITIVE STIMULATION
dc.subjectDEMENTIA
dc.subjectVIRTUAL REALITY
dc.titleVirtual reality-based cognitive stimulation on people with mild to moderate dementia due to alzheimer’s disease : a pilot randomized controlled trialen
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