Kim Jong In, Kim Gukbin
Faculty of Health and Welfare, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea.
Korean Society of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea.
J Appl Gerontol. 2025 Mar;44(3):364-376. doi: 10.1177/07334648241272042. Epub 2024 Aug 16.
The study explored subjective mental health change in adults aged 60 to 100 by experiencing immersive virtual reality (IVR)-based on the natural environment. It investigated changes in thinking, behaviour, and emotions from a socioecological perspective. The study conducted quantitative surveys of 540 older adults via IVR who lived in 20 longevity villages in South Korea from Dec. 2022 to Nov. 2023. It also paralleled a qualitative study with 38 of the 540. Study results predicting subjective mental health changes after experiencing IVR in those over 70 showed the highest gladness and happiness. In over 70 compared with 60 to 69 ages, the study found that relieving stress and depression, gladness and happiness, and relaxing the mind have about two-fold subjective mental health changes after experiencing IVR. The study suggests that it can be utilized to promote subjective mental health through the experience of an IVR-based natural environment for older adults.
该研究通过体验基于自然环境的沉浸式虚拟现实（IVR），探索了60至100岁成年人的主观心理健康变化。它从社会生态角度调查了思维、行为和情绪的变化。该研究在2022年12月至2023年11月期间，通过IVR对居住在韩国20个长寿村的540名老年人进行了定量调查。它还对540人中的38人进行了定性研究。研究结果预测，70岁以上的人在体验IVR后主观心理健康变化表现出最高的愉悦感和幸福感。与60至69岁相比，70岁以上的人在体验IVR后，缓解压力和抑郁、愉悦感和幸福感以及放松身心方面的主观心理健康变化约为两倍。该研究表明，通过为老年人提供基于IVR的自然环境体验，可用于促进主观心理健康。
