The Use of Immersive Virtual Reality in Sensory Sessions on an Older Peoples Mental Health Ward: Service Evaluation of Feasibility and Acceptability
Aims: Immersive virtual reality has the potential to give people admitted on inpatient ward settings a break from these limited environments. This service evaluation reviewed the use of immersive virtual reality relaxation activities as a part of routine occupational therapy sensory sessions in an o...
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| description | Aims: Immersive virtual reality has the potential to give people admitted on inpatient ward settings a break from these limited environments. This service evaluation reviewed the use of immersive virtual reality relaxation activities as a part of routine occupational therapy sensory sessions in an older people’s inpatient mental health ward for dementia and functional conditions. We assessed acceptability and feasibility by reviewing user experience and therapeutic engagement in terms of relaxation, engagement and interaction. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bf9ed602ed4a4624bf2665f30e66db8e2025-08-20T03:32:55ZengCambridge University PressBJPsych Open2056-47242025-06-0111S181S18110.1192/bjo.2025.10471The Use of Immersive Virtual Reality in Sensory Sessions on an Older Peoples Mental Health Ward: Service Evaluation of Feasibility and AcceptabilityCiju Benjamin0Felix Clay1Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, United KingdomCambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United KingdomAims: Immersive virtual reality has the potential to give people admitted on inpatient ward settings a break from these limited environments. This service evaluation reviewed the use of immersive virtual reality relaxation activities as a part of routine occupational therapy sensory sessions in an older people’s inpatient mental health ward for dementia and functional conditions. We assessed acceptability and feasibility by reviewing user experience and therapeutic engagement in terms of relaxation, engagement and interaction.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472425104717/type/journal_article |
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| title | The Use of Immersive Virtual Reality in Sensory Sessions on an Older Peoples Mental Health Ward: Service Evaluation of Feasibility and Acceptability |
| title_full | The Use of Immersive Virtual Reality in Sensory Sessions on an Older Peoples Mental Health Ward: Service Evaluation of Feasibility and Acceptability |
| title_fullStr | The Use of Immersive Virtual Reality in Sensory Sessions on an Older Peoples Mental Health Ward: Service Evaluation of Feasibility and Acceptability |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Use of Immersive Virtual Reality in Sensory Sessions on an Older Peoples Mental Health Ward: Service Evaluation of Feasibility and Acceptability |
| title_short | The Use of Immersive Virtual Reality in Sensory Sessions on an Older Peoples Mental Health Ward: Service Evaluation of Feasibility and Acceptability |
| title_sort | use of immersive virtual reality in sensory sessions on an older peoples mental health ward service evaluation of feasibility and acceptability |
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