MIND-VR: Design and Evaluation Protocol of a Virtual Reality Psychoeducational Experience on Stress and Anxiety for the Psychological Support of Healthcare Workers Involved in the COVID-19 Pandemic

作者: Antonios Dakanalis , Federica Pallavicini , Guido Veronese , Eleonora Orena , Carlo Caltagirone

DOI: 10.3389/FRVIR.2021.620225

关键词: PandemicHealth carePsychologyAnxietyNursingUser-centered designProtocol (science)PsychoeducationWorkloadVirtual reality

摘要: To ensure the continuity of healthcare and to counter spread COVID-19 pandemic, doctors nursing staff at hospitals must face an insidious, invisible danger that is stretching system far past its capacity. Excessive workload, inadequate protection from contamination, need manage patients experiencing extreme suffering being kept apart their families put medical personnel high risk experience stress anxiety. Numerous scientific studies have shown that, among various therapeutic programs, virtual reality represents a highly specialized effective tool for prevention treatment However, solutions developed using this technology management anxiety induced by pandemic are still very limited, none these been specifically use with professionals. Therefore, paper will detail design evaluation protocol MIND-VR, reality-based psychoeducational on following user-centered approach. The be tested sample Italian hospital involved in emergency. MIND-VR available free charge, both English, project website (https://mind-vr.com/).

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