Rehabilitation Gaming System for Alcohol-Related Cognitive Impairment: A Pilot Usability Study
| Autor: | Martina Maier, Antoni Gual, Belén Rubio Ballester, Elsa Caballeria, Paul F. M. J. Verschure, Clara Oliveras, Hugo López-Pelayo, Mercedes Balcells-Oliveró |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Pilot Projects Alcohol use disorder law.invention Competence (law) Randomized controlled trial law Surveys and Questionnaires mental disorders Humans Medicine Cognitive Dysfunction Rehabilitation business.industry System usability scale Cognition Usability General Medicine medicine.disease Cognitive training Alcoholism Treatment Outcome Video Games Physical therapy Female business |
| Zdroj: | Alcohol and Alcoholism. 57:595-601 |
| ISSN: | 1464-3502 0735-0414 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/alcalc/agab043 |
| Popis: | Aims Cognitive impairment in patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD) is highly prevalent, and it negatively impacts treatment outcome. However, this condition is neither systematically assessed nor treated. Thus, we aimed to explore the usability of a virtual reality-based protocol (‘Rehabilitation Gaming System’, RGS) for patients with AUD. Methods Twenty AUD patients (50% also cognitive impairment) underwent a single session of the RGS protocol (four cognitive training tasks, 10 minutes each). System Usability Scale (SUS) and Post-Study System Usability Questionnaire (PSSUQ) were applied to assess the RGS usability and patients’ satisfaction with it. Also, the Perceived Competence Scale was administered to assess the patients’ feelings of competence when using the training protocol. Comparisons of the responses to these questionnaires were performed between AUD patients with cognitive impairment and those without cognitive impairment. Results RGS usability was very positively rated (median SUS score = 80, Interquartile Range, IQR = 68.13–86-88). No significant differences were found in the median SUS scores for any of the sociodemographic or clinical variables, excepting for gender (women median score = 85; IQR = 80–94.38 vs. men median score = 71.25; IQR = 61.25–89.25; P-value = 0.035). The quality of the information provided by the RGS training scenarios and the usability were positively rated (PSSUQ), and patients experienced high feelings of competence. Conclusions The RGS has been found to be usable in the short term and patients with AUD stated to be satisfied with it. Future larger, randomized trials are needed to explore the effectiveness of this tool to help overcome the cognitive deficits in AUD patients. |
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