Effect of VR/MR based education program for managing behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia
J. A. Song, H. Cheon, J. Kim, S. Jung., I. Kim, Y. Yang, J. Kim
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AbstractSince dementia behavioral psychological symptoms (BPSD) appear in 80-90% of dementia patients and are unpredictable and difficult to respond (Huang et al., 2012), it is reported that it puts a great burden on the family and affects family depression (Omstein & Gaugler, 2012). Therefore, education is needed to strengthen the ability to cope with BPSD for families with dementia. Recently, cases of using VR/MR technology in education for families of dementia patients in the UK and the Netherlands have been reported (Alzheimer’s Research UK, 2016; Wijma et al., 2018), but all aimed at understanding dementia patients through their experiences, and BPSD-focused content has not yet been developed. The purpose of this study was to develop and verify VR/MR based education program for managing BPSD (VR-EduBPSD) to enhance the ability of families with dementia to cope with BPSD.Keywords: dementia family, virtual reality, BPSD, coping competence, education program
J. A. Song, H. Cheon, J. Kim, S. Jung., I. Kim, Y. Yang, J. Kim (2022). Effect of VR/MR based education program for managing behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia. Gerontechnology, 21(s),1-1
https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2022.21.s.771.pp4