Virtual Reality Music in Geriatric Inpatients

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Older Adult; Hospitalization

• Registration Number: NCT06519253
• Lead Sponsor: St. Mary's Research Center, Canada

Brief Summary

Older adults, especially those in acute care require accessible non-pharmacological interventions, such as music to improve their mental health. Immersive 360 virtual reality (VR), is an innovative technology that has been found to be feasible, safe, and enjoyable by older adults. However, VR based music intervention to improve older adults' mental health has not been studied in acute in-patient settings.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-05-22
• Study First Submitted: 2024-05-22
• Status Verified: 2024-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-07-22
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-07-22
• Study First Posted: 2024-07-25
• Last Update Posted: 2024-07-25
• Primary Completion: 2024-11-22
• Study Completion: 2025-05-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• Age of 60 years or older;
• Medical stability to participate in the trial as determined by treating physician (defined as stable vital signs, absence of new medical events and deteriorating signs),
• Admitted to the GAU (5 north) at St. Mary's hospital.

Exclusion Criteria

• Medical instability which limits ability to participate in the study (unstable vital signs, delirium, new medical events, deteriorating signs),
• Unablility to communicate in English or French,
• Behavioural issues/delirium that limit participation in the study,
• Those who have very severe dementia (using the Reisberg stage 7 which is defined by very limited communication ability, and dependence for all self-care
• Those without sufficient auditory acuity to undergo assessment and participate in the intervention, which affects their ability to communicate their consent for this study and to listen to music
• Ophthalmological conditions which affects their ability to participate in the immersive VR (recent eye surgery, severe macular degeneration, severe glaucoma, epilepsy and seizures, etc.).

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Tolerability of the music VR program	2 days	The intervention will be acceptable and well-tolerated according to the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire (SSQ). The SSQ questionnaire consists of 16 symptoms including fatigue, headache and nausea which are rated from 0 (none) to 4 (severe). Cut-off for tolerability is \< 10 over 64 years of age.
Feasibility of the music VR program	2 Days	The recruitment goals will be met (n=30) within 6 months, attrition will be ≤ 20% for follow-up. Intervention drop-out will be ≤30% (i.e. fail to attend 50% of the intervention), and VR participants will have \<1 major technical issues
Acceptability of the music VR program	2 Days	Participants randomized to VR will be willing to use VR again compared to the non-VR group. This means that they will have higher presences, according to the Slater-Usoh-Steed Presence Questionnaire (SUS) score 0-100, i.e. a significantly higher SUS score compared to the non-VR group. The intervention will be acceptable to patients and won't have an impact on the clinical load of the clinical team.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Preliminary efficacy of the VR based music intervention in improving pain	2 days	Compared to the non-VR group, the VR based music group will have a greater improvement in pain, using the Visual Analog Pain Scale
Preliminary efficacy of the VR based music intervention in improving positive emotions	2 Days	Compared to the non-VR group, the VR based music group will have a greater improvement in positive emotions using the Visual Analog Mood

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

St.Mary's Research Centre; 🇨🇦 Montréal, Quebec, Canada