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The effects of virtual reality and video conferencing on personal and relational well-being among older adults with cognitive impairments and their adult children: The Thrive randomized controlled trial.

Tamara D Afifi, Nancy L Collins, Kyle Rand, Jennifer J Stamps, Erin E Naffziger, Nikki Truscelli, Paige E Harris, Thomas Neumann, Allison P Mazur, Yuval Rosen and 8 more

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18 authors.

Tamara D AfifiDepartment of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4582-8760
Nancy L CollinsDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3670-6745
Kyle RandRendever, Boston, MA, USA.
Jennifer J StampsRendever, Boston, MA, USA.
Erin E NaffzigerRendever, Boston, MA, USA.
Nikki TruscelliDepartment of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Paige E HarrisDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3591-9802
Thomas NeumannRendever, Boston, MA, USA.
Allison P MazurDepartment of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Yuval RosenRendever, Boston, MA, USA.
Abdullah S SalehuddinDepartment of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Chloe GonzalesDepartment of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Christopher D OtmarDepartment of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Veronica WilsonDepartment of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Jade SalmonDepartment of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Ken K FujiwaraDepartment of Psychology, National Chung Cheng University, Chia-Yi Taiwan (R.O.C.).
Joan K MoninYale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven CT, USA.
Yifan LouSchool of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7413-324X

Funding

Using Rendever to improve the quality of life of older adults with cognitive impairments in senior living communities and their family members who live at a distance.R42AG063640 · NIA · RENDEVER, INC. · PI AFIFI, TAMARA DAWN, COLLINS, NANCY LEE · 2021 to 2023
$2.2M
NIA NIH HHS R42 AG063640
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Older adults in senior living communities (SLCs) often face barriers to maintaining emotional well-being and family ties. This stratified, unblinded, parallel-group randomized controlled trial tested a four-week virtual reality (VR) intervention ( Funding: National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA.

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PMID42687896
PMCPMC13532730

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