Cardiovascular disease
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (i) Persons for whom rehabilitation intervention has been performed (ii) Aged 65 years or older at the time of consent. (iii) Residents of Nagano Prefecture who have visited Matsumoto Castle before. (iv) Patients who have undergone open heart surgery by a cardiovascular surgeon. (v) Those who have scored 24 or more on the Mini-Mental State Examination -Japanese (MMSE-J). (vi) Those who can use an ergometer for more than 10 minutes. (vii) Subjects who have given a full explanation of their participation in this study and who have given written consent of their own free will.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (i) Those with psychiatric disorders (schizophrenia, dementia, etc.) accompanied by hallucinations or delusions. (ii) Those with a history of depression (iii) Those with severe visual or auditory impairment (diplopia, low vision due to macular degeneration, retinopathy, etc., severe low tone disorder, hearing loss), claustrophobia, etc., who have difficulty wearing VR (iv) Those with arrhythmia such as atrial fibrillation, extrasystole, heart rate fragmentation, etc. (v) Subjects who are prone to motion sickness (vi) Other subjects who the principal investigator deems inappropriate as subjects.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Autonomic nervous system (heart rate variability analysis): HF: High frequency, LF/HF: High frequency/Low Frequency | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Profile of Mood States 2nd Edition (POMS2) Simulator sickness questionnaire (SSQ) | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Shinshu University Hospital Department of Rehabilitation