"VR is the future": perspectives of healthcare professionals on virtual reality as a diagnostic tool for dementia status in primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthcare professionals (HPs) hold critical perspectives on the barriers and facilitating factors for the implementation of virtual reality (VR) dementia diagnosis tools in the clinical setting. This study aims to explore HP perspectives regarding the clinical implementation of dementia diagnosis tools using VR platforms.

Methods

An exploratory qualitative interview study was carried out between July and September 2022. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with HPs (n = 7) with clinical expertise in dementia diagnoses drawn from medicine, nursing and allied health practices. A hermeneutic phenomenological approach was used to frame the interview data across the dementia diagnosis pathway and application of new technology.

Results

HPs were on

SUBMITTER: Yondjo J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10765843 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature