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A Virtual Reality at Home Intervention for People Living With Dementia

NCT06568211 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2025-04-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of the current study is to design and evaluate a virtual reality (VR) at-home intervention to facilitate communication between persons living with dementia (PLwD) and their family/friend care partners, and in turn improve their interpersonal relationships and quality of life. The project also aims to provide a direct comparison of an immersive VR system with non-immersive tablet-based technology.

PLwD and care partner interactions will be recorded during each of the following sessions and then used for the primary measure of verbal and non-verbal communication.

* Picture Book condition (baseline): PLwD and care partner view pictures together on photo album
* VR condition: PLwD watch 360 degree videos on a VR and the care partner watches the same content concurrently on a paired tablet
* Table-Only condition: PLwD and care partner watch 360 videos together on the tablet

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Virtual Reality

Persons living with dementia (PLwD) will view 360-degree videos using a commercially-available Virtual Reality (VR) head mounted display that has built-in speakers. While wearing the VR headset, PLwD-participant will be able to visually explore the virtual environments by turning their head to face different directions. Care partner-participants will take part in the VR experience concurrently by viewing a tablet that is connected to the VR headset through the \"screen mirroring\" function.

DEVICE

Tablet-Only

PLwD and care partner will view 360-degree videos together on a commercially-available tablet that has built-in speakers. They will be able to visually explore the virtual environment using the touch screen (dragging the view around with their fingers).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • AGE-WELL, Inc

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Associated Medical Services

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University Health Network, Toronto

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-11-17
Primary Completion
2025-04-30
Completion
2025-04-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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