Mental Health
Conditions
Keywords
3D VR, Aromatherapy, older adult, happiness, stress, sleep quality, experience on meditation, life satisfaction
Brief summary
A quasi-experimental trial was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of this combination in promoting happiness, perceived stress, sleep quality, experience on meditation, and life satisfaction among institutionalized older adults in Taiwan.
Detailed description
Background: In Taiwan, which has one of the most rapidly aging populations in the world, it is becoming increasingly critical to promote successful aging strategies that are effective, easily usable, and acceptable to institutionalized older adults. Although many practitioners and professionals have explored aromatherapy and identified its positive psychological benefits, the effectiveness of a combination of 3D virtual reality and hands-on aromatherapy remains unknown. Objectives: A quasi-experimental trial was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of this combination in promoting happiness, perceived stress, sleep quality, experience on meditation, and life satisfaction among institutionalized older adults in Taiwan. Methods: Sixty institutionalized elderly participants underwent the combination program or were in a control group. Weekly two-hour sessions were implemented for 9 weeks. The outcome variables were happiness perceived, stress, sleep quality, experience on meditation, and life satisfaction, which were assessed at baseline, and after the intervention.
Interventions
OTHER3D virtual reality and hands-on aromatherapy
Participants will receive 8-session 3DVR aroma therapy activities. Each session was delivered over 2 hours once a week, and at each session, the participant received hands-on guidance for preparing an aromatherapy product that they could use for the next seven days.
Sponsors
National Taiwan Normal University
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
65 Years to 99 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* An ability to understand verbal instructions * An ability to provide simple responses * An ability to operate a joystick freely with at least one hand
Exclusion criteria
* A history of severe psychiatric conditions; * Dementia * Significant visual or hearing impairment; * Marked upper motor difficulties that could affect the participants' ability to participate in the study * Currently suffering from severe illnesses, e.g., stroke and Parkinson disease.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Happiness | nine weeks | The Oxford Happiness Inventory (OHI) was used to measure happiness. The OHI consists of 29 items, Each item was scored on a Likert-type scale of 1-4, with higher scores indicating a higher level of happiness. |
| Perceived stress | nine week | The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-14) consists of 14 items. Each item was scored on a Likert-type scale that ranged from 0 (never) to four (very often). With higher scores indicating a higher level of stress. |
| Sleep quality | nine weeks | The Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) was consists of 14 items. Each item was scored on a Likert-type scale that ranged from 1 to 4, with higher scores indicating a lower level of sleep quality. |
| Experience on meditation | nine weeks | A shortened version of the 10-item Experience on meditation (EOM-EL). Each item was scored on a Likert-type scale of 1-5, with higher scores indicating a higher level of experience on meditation. |
| Life satisfaction | nine weeks | This scale is a short-form version containing 10 items from the 20-item Life Satisfaction Index A (LSIA). The response options for scoring were 0 indicating "Disagree" and 1 indicating "Agree". The total raw scores ranged from 0 to 10, with higher scores indicating a higher level of life satisfaction. |
Countries
Taiwan
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORJong-Long Guo
National Taiwan Normal University
Outcome results
None listed