Use of mindfulness applications with virtual reality applications in nursing

Year 2021, Volume: 6 Issue: 3, 123 - 131, 07.08.2021

Gözde Özsezer

Abstract

Virtual reality (VR) has recently been used as a tool to support awareness. When the literature is examined, no national or international studies have been found to transfer awareness practices to nursing practices as virtual reality applications. VR technologies beneficially address the challenges of environmental distraction by providing an immersive, engaging and controlled visual and auditory virtual space where attention skills can be experienced. It has been reported that the mindfulness-based stress reduction program with VR applications is used to reduce stress and anxiety, regain attention, increase anxiety and fear, and treat post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorder and pain. VR technologies have made mental health interventions more accessible to the wider public. VR mindfulness is a new research area in the field of nursing. Therefore, it seems that more research is needed on this topic to understand the processes related to awareness in VR and other digital applications. The purpose of this review is to examine the relationship between VR of mindfulness stress reduction programs and nursing practices.

Keywords

nursing, awareness, mindfulness, virtual reality

Sanal gerçeklik uygulamalarıyla mindfulness temelli stres azaltma programının hemşirelikte kullanımı

Abstract

Sanal gerçeklik (VR) son zamanlarda farkındalığı desteklemek için bir araç olarak kullanılmaya başlanmıştır. Alan yazın incelendiğinde farkındalık pratiklerinin sanal gerçeklik uygulamaları olarak hemşirelik uygulamalarına aktarılmasına yönelik yapılan ulusal ve uluslararası çalışmalara rastlanmamıştır. VR teknolojileri, dikkat becerilerinin deneyimlenebileceği, sürükleyici, ilgi çekici ve kontrollü görsel ve işitsel bir sanal alan sağlanarak çevresel dikkat dağınıklığı ile ilgili zorlukları yararlı bir şekilde ele almaktadır. VR uygulamalarıyla mindfulness temelli stres azaltma programının stres ve kaygının azaltılmasında, dikkati tekrar kazanmada, ileriye dönük belleğin arttırılmasında, anksiyete ve korkunun azaltılmasında, travma sonrası stres bozukluğu, yeme bozukluğu ve ağrı tedavisinde kullanıldığı bildirilmektedir. VR teknolojileri, ruh sağlığı müdahalelerini geniş halk kitleleri için daha erişilebilir hale getirmiştir. Hemşirelik alanında VR mindfulness, yeni bir araştırma alanıdır. Bu nedenle, VR ve diğer dijital uygulamalarda farkındalık ile ilgili süreçleri anlamak için bu konu hakkında daha çok araştırmaya ihtiyaç olduğu görülmektedir. Derlemenin amacı mindfulness stres azaltma programlarının VR ile hemşirelik uygulamaları arasındaki ilişkinin ele alınmasıdır.

Keywords

hemşirelik, farkındalık, mindfulness, sanal gerçeklik

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