Clemente Davide, Romano Luciano, Zamboni Elena, Carrus Giuseppe, Panno Angelo
Experimental and Applied Psychology Laboratory, Department of Human Sciences, European University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Department of Education Science, Roma Tre University, Rome, Lazio, Italy.
Front Psychol. 2024 Jan 17;14:1323758. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1323758. eCollection 2023.
As life expectancy increases, more attention needs to be paid to their mental and physical condition. Many older patients are also bedridden, which makes some treatments, like exposure to natural environments, more difficult to be applied. This study aimed to systematically review articles that include interventions combining virtual reality and forest environment, targeting a sample of older people.
Based on PRISMA guidelines, we conducted a literature search in three databases (EBSCO, PubMed, and Scopus), plus gray literature (OpenGrey). We considered only studies that used forest settings via virtual reality and included a sample with age ≥ 65.
After the screening and eligibility stages, 7 articles have been included.
The study underlines the need to implement research in this direction to standardize effective procedures that can be used to improve the mental and physical health of the older people and caregivers, while also reducing social costs.
随着预期寿命的增加，需要更多地关注老年人的心理和身体状况。许多老年患者也长期卧床，这使得一些治疗，如接触自然环境，更难实施。本研究旨在系统回顾包括虚拟现实与森林环境相结合的干预措施的文章，以老年人群为样本。
根据PRISMA指南，我们在三个数据库（EBSCO、PubMed和Scopus）以及灰色文献（OpenGrey）中进行了文献检索。我们只考虑通过虚拟现实使用森林场景且样本年龄≥65岁的研究。
经过筛选和资格审查阶段，共纳入7篇文章。
该研究强调有必要在这一方向上开展研究，以规范可用于改善老年人及护理人员身心健康的有效程序，同时降低社会成本。
