Participants in this study will help test and develop a virtual reality (VR) system that is being designed to help people with spatial neglect after stroke.
Participants in this study will be tested to see if they have spatial neglect after their stroke, and the severity of such. Spatial neglect is a disorder that may occur after a stroke that leads to a person paying more attention to one side of their body over the other. Each testing session, they will perform paper and pencil neglect tests before and after playing a VR video game that is being designed as a potential future treatment. They will also give feedback on the game after the session is over. People who have spatial neglect after stroke are encouraged to apply.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
10
Participants will complete 15 sessions of VR-based therapy modules developed for use in helping people with spatial neglect. These 15 sessions will be completed over 4-5 weeks.
Kessler Foundation
West Orange, New Jersey, United States
RECRUITINGBehavioral Inattention Test
A battery of visuospatial tests using paper and pencil to perform line crossing, star cancellation, letter cancellation, line bisection, figure copying, and drawing. The test is scored from 0 to 146, with higher values indicating better performance.
Time frame: At baseline, after intervention, and two weeks after intervention
Simulator Sickness Questionnaire
A 16-item questionnaire asking for adverse feelings related to the virtual reality experience. Example items are eye strain, difficulty concentrating, headache, and burping. Each item is rated none, slight. moderate, or severe.
Time frame: After intervention
Semi-structured interview
A 10-minute phone interview will be conducted to explore the subjective experience of the intervention.
Time frame: Two weeks after intervention
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