Improving Social Isolation and Loneliness Among Adolescents With Physical Disabilities Through Group-Based Virtual Reality Gaming: Feasibility Pre-Post Trial Study
Byron Lai, Raven Young, Mary Craig, Kelli Chaviano, Erin Swanson-Kimani, Cynthia Wozow, Drew Davis, James H Rimmer · 2023
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Description
Byron Lai and his team ran a small home trial in two thousand twenty-three. They asked teens with body disabilities if group games in virtual reality could cut feelings of being alone. The teens met peers and two coaches through a low-cost headset.
Twelve teens joined, and eight finished the four-week plan. They played for one hour, twice a week, in a closed group. Most of those who finished said they made a friend in the class. Sadness scores moved down a bit, but the change was too small to be sure of. Scores for feeling alone did not change. The teens liked the plan and said it ran well.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Byron Lai, Raven Young, Mary Craig, Kelli Chaviano, Erin Swanson-Kimani, Cynthia Wozow, Drew Davis, James H Rimmer |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |