Feasibility and user-experience of virtual reality in neuropsychological assessment following stroke
Spreij, Lauriane A.; Visser-Meily, Johanna M.A.; Sibbel, Jacqueline; Gosselt, Isabel K.; Nijboer, Tanja C.W.
(2022) Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, volume 32, issue 4, pp. 499 - 519
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Abstract
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
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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.
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Keywords: 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
ISSN: 0960-2011
Publisher: Psychology Press Ltd
Note: Funding Information: This work was supported by HandicapNL under Grant (R2015010). We thank Atoms2Bits for providing the materials and software assistance. A special thanks to all participants for their contribution. We thank Annet Slabbekoorn-Bavinck, Mirjam Kouwenhoven, Heleen van der Wielen, Anja Eijsackers, Nienke ter Molen, Lian Snoep, Roos de Graaf, Rinske Maathuis, Tjamke Strikwerda, Carolien van Veen, Anne de Rooij and Nanda Helmus-Ruiter for their help recruiting and evaluating the participants. We thank Parnjan Shahim, Anne Wilms, Costanza Moneti, Neeltje Op ‘t Hoog, Bas Dobbelsteen and Juliette van Alphen for their help collecting the data. Publisher Copyright: © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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