Creation of virtual reality game to train hospitalized patients with Infectious Diseases

Development and Implementation of an immersive virtual reality game for training in activities of daily living for hospitalized patients with Infectious Diseases

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

REBEC

Registry ID

RBR-7b6t4mk

Enrollment

Registered

2026-07-02

Start date

2025-05-28

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

Infectious Disease Medicine

Interventions

This is a quasi-experimental study, with pre- and post-intervention evaluation, conducted in the wards and Intensive Care Unit of the Hospital Center of the Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infect

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients aged 18 years or older; hospitalized for more than 24 hours in the hospital center who present functional limitations in performing Activities of Daily Living and who have a score of 25 points or higher on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment test

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients with injuries resulting in spinal instability, metastases, and bone lesions that impair mobility during gameplay; severe neurological conditions that prevent the safe use of immersive virtual reality; clinical contraindications for rehabilitation activities; visual or balance disorders that prevent and/or hinder the use of immersive virtual reality; history of seizures or use of medications that may lower the seizure threshold

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Development and implementation of an immersive virtual reality game for performing Activities of Daily Living	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Analysis of the functionality of Activities of Daily Living training using immersive virtual reality through Modified Barthel Index before and after the intervention ;The goal is to analyze the motivation for using the resource evaluated through the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory Task Evaluation Questionnaire in Brazilian Portuguese;The usability of the system is expected to be evaluated using the system usability scale (SUS);The occurrence of adverse events is expected to be assessed using the Simulator Motion Sickness Questionnaire	—

Measure

Time frame

Analysis of the functionality of Activities of Daily Living training using immersive virtual reality through Modified Barthel Index before and after the intervention ;The goal is to analyze the motivation for using the resource evaluated through the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory Task Evaluation Questionnaire in Brazilian Portuguese;The usability of the system is expected to be evaluated using the system usability scale (SUS);The occurrence of adverse events is expected to be assessed using the Simulator Motion Sickness Questionnaire

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Countries

Contacts

Public ContactAléxia Soares do Nascimento

Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas

alexia.nascimento@ini.fiocruz.br+55(21)988364013

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 10, 2026