Exploring the Use of Virtual Reality for the Delivery and Practice of Stress-Management Exercises
BackgroundMindfulness-based interventions may benefit healthcare professionals with burnout symptoms. Virtual reality (VR) may reduce initial difficulty of engaging in mindfulness exercises and increase participants’ engagement through immersion and presence.AimThe aim was to investigate how VR affe...
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| description | BackgroundMindfulness-based interventions may benefit healthcare professionals with burnout symptoms. Virtual reality (VR) may reduce initial difficulty of engaging in mindfulness exercises and increase participants’ engagement through immersion and presence.AimThe aim was to investigate how VR affects participants’ experience of engagement with mindfulness practice, and its impact on quality of practice and negative mood states.MethodsFifty-one healthcare professionals were randomized to receive either a visualization or non-visualization mindfulness practice, to compare the quality of practice through the use of audio only vs. with a virtual reality interface. Selected self-reported measures were collected during the session (immersion, quality and difficulty of practice, mood states and likelihood for future practice).ResultsResults showed that order instead of type of modality administered made a difference in quality of mindfulness practice. A greater sense of presence was reported with VR if administered after audio (F = 4.810, p = 0.033, Partial η2 = 0.093). Further, participants described difficulty practicing with audio if administered after VR (F = 4.136, p = 0.048, Partial η2 = 0.081). Additionally, lower mood disturbance was reported with VR if administered after audio (F = 8.116, p = 0.006, Partial η2 = 0.147). Qualitative responses echoed a preference for VR to engage better, in addition to improved mood states after practice.ConclusionFindings suggest that VR has the potential to provide healthcare professionals with an alternative or a supplement to conventional mindfulness practice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-36b54b060b4e431a93a57bc43cd132b42022-12-21T21:28:17ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782021-06-011210.3389/fpsyg.2021.640341640341Exploring the Use of Virtual Reality for the Delivery and Practice of Stress-Management ExercisesDesmond Jun Hong Soh0Crystal Huiyi Ong1Qianqian Fan2Denise Ju Ling Seah3Stacey Lee Henderson4Lohsnah Jeevanandam5Kinjal Doshi6Department of Psychology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, SingaporeDepartment of Psychology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, SingaporeDepartment of Psychology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, SingaporeDepartment of Psychology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, SingaporeDepartment of Psychology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, SingaporeDepartment of Psychology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, SingaporeDepartment of Psychology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, SingaporeBackgroundMindfulness-based interventions may benefit healthcare professionals with burnout symptoms. Virtual reality (VR) may reduce initial difficulty of engaging in mindfulness exercises and increase participants’ engagement through immersion and presence.AimThe aim was to investigate how VR affects participants’ experience of engagement with mindfulness practice, and its impact on quality of practice and negative mood states.MethodsFifty-one healthcare professionals were randomized to receive either a visualization or non-visualization mindfulness practice, to compare the quality of practice through the use of audio only vs. with a virtual reality interface. Selected self-reported measures were collected during the session (immersion, quality and difficulty of practice, mood states and likelihood for future practice).ResultsResults showed that order instead of type of modality administered made a difference in quality of mindfulness practice. A greater sense of presence was reported with VR if administered after audio (F = 4.810, p = 0.033, Partial η2 = 0.093). Further, participants described difficulty practicing with audio if administered after VR (F = 4.136, p = 0.048, Partial η2 = 0.081). Additionally, lower mood disturbance was reported with VR if administered after audio (F = 8.116, p = 0.006, Partial η2 = 0.147). Qualitative responses echoed a preference for VR to engage better, in addition to improved mood states after practice.ConclusionFindings suggest that VR has the potential to provide healthcare professionals with an alternative or a supplement to conventional mindfulness practice.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.640341/fullhealthcare professionalsvirtual realitymoodburnoutmindfulness |
| spellingShingle | Desmond Jun Hong Soh Crystal Huiyi Ong Qianqian Fan Denise Ju Ling Seah Stacey Lee Henderson Lohsnah Jeevanandam Kinjal Doshi Exploring the Use of Virtual Reality for the Delivery and Practice of Stress-Management Exercises Frontiers in Psychology healthcare professionals virtual reality mood burnout mindfulness |
| title | Exploring the Use of Virtual Reality for the Delivery and Practice of Stress-Management Exercises |
| title_full | Exploring the Use of Virtual Reality for the Delivery and Practice of Stress-Management Exercises |
| title_fullStr | Exploring the Use of Virtual Reality for the Delivery and Practice of Stress-Management Exercises |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring the Use of Virtual Reality for the Delivery and Practice of Stress-Management Exercises |
| title_short | Exploring the Use of Virtual Reality for the Delivery and Practice of Stress-Management Exercises |
| title_sort | exploring the use of virtual reality for the delivery and practice of stress management exercises |
| topic | healthcare professionals virtual reality mood burnout mindfulness |
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