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Table 1 Summary of intervention program of virtual reality that addresses psychological needs

From: Developing a virtual reality for people with dementia in nursing homes based on their psychological needs: a feasibility study

Title

Places

Psychological needs

Contents

Multimedia

Interactive factors

Session length (min)

Train of memories

Train station

Occupation

Inclusion

Admiring the scenery at the train station

Boarding the train and choosing a destination

Sound of the train

Giving train tickets to station attendant

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Street of memories

Elementary school

Alleyway

My homely house

(City)

Identity

Inclusion

Occupation

Attachment

Looking around the playgrounds and classrooms of elementary schools

Playing with friends in the neighborhood alley

Coming home and playing with puppies

Receiving gifts and looking at family photos

Sound of puppies barking

Family photo

Erasing graffiti on the classroom blackboard

Playing slap-match

Playing with puppies

Receiving family gifts

4

Nostalgic youth

Theater

Coffee house

Market

My homely house

(City)

Identity

Inclusion

Attachment

Admiring the surroundings and entering the theater

Watching an old film (Korea news)

Drinking tea in a coffee house

Visiting the market

Coming home and playing with puppies

Receiving gifts and looking at family photos

The bell rang at dawn (1972)

New invention (1981)

Olympic closing ceremony (1988)

The sound of water boiling in kettle

Market noise

Sound of puppies barking

Family photo

Video selection

Drinking black herbal tea

Buying radish

Playing with puppies

Receiving family gifts

6.5

Homely hometown

Valley

Field of reed

My homely house

(Countryside)

Identity

Comfort

Attachment

Flowing water in the valley

Walking in a field of reed

Returning to the country home and lighting a fire in the furnace

Coming back to the room and viewing family photos

The sound of flowing valleys

Water splashing

The sound of the wind passing through the reeds

Crackling sound of fire

Family photo

Dipping one’s hand in the valley water

Stroking the reeds

Putting a kindling in the furnace

Receiving family photos

3.5

Where I want to go

Orchards

Namiseom Island

The sea at night

Crocks of condiments

Juknokwon Bamboo Garden

Comfort

Walking through the orchards

Taking a walk in the Namiseom Island

Watching lighthouses, waves, and stars in the night sea

Looking at the rain falling on crocks

Walking through the bamboo forest while listening to Daegeum playing

Sound of cicadas

Sound of the wind

Sound of the waves

Sound of the rain

Sound of the wind, Korean traditional music

 

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