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Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Feasibility and Tolerability of a Culture-Based Virtual Reality (VR) Training Program in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study.

Jong-Hwan Park, Yung Liao, Du-Ri Kim, Seunghwan Song, Jun Ho Lim, Hyuntae Park, Yeanhwa Lee, Kyung Won Park

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 13 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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41citing papers in PubMed, 13 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 99 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Jong-Hwan ParkHealth Convergence Medicine Laboratory, Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan 49241, Korea.
Yung LiaoDepartment of Health Promotion and Health Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 10610, Taiwan.
Du-Ri KimHealth Convergence Medicine Laboratory, Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan 49241, Korea.
Seunghwan SongDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan 49241, Korea.
Jun Ho LimDepartment of Neurology, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Busan 49201, Korea.
Hyuntae ParkDepartment of Health Care and Science, Dong-A University, Busan 49315, Korea.
Yeanhwa LeeSY Inotech, Busan 48520, Korea.
Kyung Won ParkDepartment of Neurology, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Busan 49201, Korea.
Pusan National University Hospital · KRDong-A University · KRKorea Innotech (South Korea) · KRNational Taiwan Normal University · TWThe Busan Metropolitan Simin Municipal Library · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study examined whether a culture-based virtual reality (VR) training program is feasible and tolerable for patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), and whether it could improve cognitive function in these patients. Twenty-one outpatients with aMCI were randomized to either the VR-based training group or the control group in a 1∶1 ratio. The VR-based training group participated in training for 30 min/day, two days/week, for three months (24 times). The VR-based program was designed based on Korean traditional culture and used attention, processing speed, executive function and memory conditions to stimulate cognitive function. The adherence to the culture-based VR training program was 91.55% ± 6.41% in the VR group. The only adverse events observed in the VR group were dizziness (4.2%) and fatigue (8.3%). Analysis revealed that the VR-based training group exhibited no significant differences following the three-month VR program in Korean Mini-Mental State Examination (K-MMSE) scores, working memory functions such as performance on the digit span test, or in Stroop test performance and word fluency. We conclude that although the 12-week culture-based VR training program did not improve cognitive function, our findings revealed that the culture-based VR training program was feasible and tolerable for participants with aMCI.

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Cognitive DysfunctionCultural CharacteristicsVirtual RealityAgedAged, 80 and overExecutive FunctionFeasibility StudiesHumansMalePilot Projectscognitive functiondementiainterventionolder adults

Identifiers

PMID32349413
PMCPMC7246563
OpenAlexW3019334930

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