| Autor: |
Czech O; Department of Physiotherapy, Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences, 51-612 Wroclaw, Poland., Kowaluk A; Department of Physiotherapy, Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences, 51-612 Wroclaw, Poland.; Supraregional Center of Paediatric Oncology 'Cape of Hope', Wroclaw University Clinical Hospital, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland., Ściepuro T; Department of Physiotherapy, Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences, 51-612 Wroclaw, Poland., Siewierska K; Department of Physiotherapy, Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences, 51-612 Wroclaw, Poland., Skórniak J; Lower Silesian Oncology, Pulmonology and Hematology Center, 53-413 Wroclaw, Poland., Matkowski R; Lower Silesian Oncology, Pulmonology and Hematology Center, 53-413 Wroclaw, Poland.; Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wroclaw, Poland., Malicka I; Department of Physiotherapy, Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences, 51-612 Wroclaw, Poland. |
| Abstrakt: |
This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) in the mental state and quality of sleep improvement and physical activity (PA) increase of patients diagnosed with breast cancer (BC). A total of 33 subjects divided into experimental (EG, n = 17) and control (CG, n = 16) groups were assessed with the Mental Adjustment to Cancer Scale (Mini-MAC), International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and the Modified Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-M) at four time points. The experimental intervention consisted of eight VR TierOne sessions. Significant differences favoring the EG were identified in the group x time interactions for the main outcomes: destructive style of coping with the disease ( p < 0.001), walking ( p = 0.04), moderate ( p < 0.001) and overall activity ( p = 0.004), quality of sleep ( p < 0.001), depressive symptoms ( p < 0.001), anxiety levels ( p < 0.001), aggression levels ( p = 0.002), and overall HADS ( p < 0.001). Trends, favoring the EG, in the constructive style of coping, sedentary behavior and intensive PA, and sleep efficiency and sleeping time were also found. A VR intervention improves general well-being in terms of the measured parameters. |
