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Feasibility and user-experience of virtual reality in neuropsychological assessment following stroke
| Title: | Feasibility and user-experience of virtual reality in neuropsychological assessment following stroke |
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| Authors: | Spreij, Lauriane A., Visser-Meily, Johanna M.A., Sibbel, Jacqueline, Gosselt, Isabel K., Nijboer, Tanja C.W., Neuropsychologie, RF&S Revalidatie, Fysiotherapie & Sport, Revalidatie Medisch Volwassenen, Brain, Circulatory Health, RF&S Team 1 Medisch, Revalidatiegeneeskunde Onderzoek |
| Publication Year: | 2022 |
| Subject Terms: | Cognitive rehabilitation, Neuropsychological assessment, Stroke, Virtual Reality, Neuropsychological Tests, User-Computer Interface, Stroke/complications, Cross-Sectional Studies, Humans, Stroke Rehabilitation, Feasibility Studies, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), Rehabilitation, Applied Psychology, Journal Article |
| Description: | Virtual Reality (VR) offers the possibility to assess cognitive functioning in a dynamic environment resembling daily life. In this cross-sectional study, we used two user interfaces, namely non-immersive VR by using a computer monitor (CM) and immersive VR by using a head-mounted display (HMD). We investigated (1) potential differences in feasibility, user-experience, and a potential preference for one user interface over another between stroke patients and healthy controls; (2) potential differences in feasibility, user-experience, and preference between patients referred for inpatient rehabilitation care and patients referred for outpatient rehabilitation care; and (3) potential demographic and clinical characteristics that were related to patients’ preference for one user interface over another. Stroke patients (n = 88) and healthy controls (n = 66) performed a VR-task with a CM and HMD. Both user interfaces were feasible to use, irrespective of clinical referral (in- or outpatient rehabilitation care). Patients reported an enhanced feeling of engagement, transportation, flow, and presence, but more negative side effects when tested with a HMD, compared to a CM. The majority of stroke patients had no preference for one user interface over the other, yet younger patients tended to prefer a HMD. VR seems highly feasible in stroke patients. |
| Document Type: | article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: | text/plain |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 0960-2011 |
| Relation: | https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/446611 |
| Availability: | https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/446611 |
| Rights: | info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess |
| Accession Number: | edsbas.8333E81B |
| Database: | BASE |
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