Functional Living Skills in Patients with M-NCD Dataset

Virtual Reality has gained attention as an effective tool for cognitive, motor and daily activity re-habilitation in patients with M-NCDs. The objective of this study was to compare the effectiveness of a low-immersive Virtual Reality training (VRT) on four functional living skills (FLS) in patients with M-NCDs due to degenerative (DC) or non-degenerative conditions (NDC). A nonrandomized interventional comparison study was carried out, including pre-treatment assessment (T1: neuro-psychological assessment and first in-vivo test), treatment (T2: 10 sessions of VRT), and post-treatment assessment (T3: second in-vivo test and satisfaction questionnaire). Both groups with DC and NDC improved in all the VRT variable scores; the NDC group seemed to show better outcomes than the DC group. Both groups also improved their performances in the natural envi-ronment, and no statistically significant differences between them were found. These findings confirm the ecological validity of VRT on FLS. Moderate-to-high satisfaction was reported in both groups. VRT seems to be able to significantly improve the quality of health care and produce re-habilitation cost savings for families and health services.

虚拟现实（Virtual Reality）已作为针对轻度神经认知障碍（Mild Neurocognitive Disorders, M-NCDs）患者开展认知、运动及日常活动康复的有效工具受到广泛关注。本研究旨在对比低沉浸度虚拟现实训练（Virtual Reality Training, VRT）对因退行性病变（Degenerative Conditions, DC）或非退行性病变（Non-Degenerative Conditions, NDC）引发的M-NCDs患者四项日常功能技能（Functional Living Skills, FLS）的康复效果。本研究采用非随机干预对照研究设计，涵盖治疗前评估（T1：神经心理学评估与首次活体测试）、治疗阶段（T2：共计10次VRT训练）及治疗后评估（T3：第二次活体测试与满意度调查问卷）。结果显示，退行性病变组与非退行性病变组在所有VRT相关变量评分中均得到改善，且非退行性病变组的康复效果似乎优于退行性病变组；两组在自然环境下的功能表现亦均得到提升，且组间未发现具有统计学意义的差异。上述研究结果证实了VRT在日常功能技能康复领域的生态效度。两组患者均报告了中等至较高的满意度。VRT似乎可显著提升医疗服务质量，并为患者家庭与医疗服务机构节省康复相关成本。