Exploring the content of the STAND-VR intervention: A qualitative interview study.

ABSTRACT: Prolonged sedentary behaviour has been identified as a potential independent contributor to a number of chronic conditions as well as mortality. The integration of digital technology into health behaviour change interventions has been shown to contribute to increases in physical activity levels, reductions in time spent sedentary, reductions in systolic blood pressure and improvements physical functioning. Recent evidence suggests that older adults could be motivated to adopt a technology such as immersive virtual reality (IVR) due to the added agency it can potentially afford them in their lives through physical and social activities offered in IVR. To date, little research has attempted to integrate health behaviour change content into an immersive virtual environment. This study aimed t

SUBMITTER: Healy D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10010507 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature