Virtual reality application to aid self-management of people awaiting treatment for mental health conditions/symptoms [Auxilium]

虚拟现实应用程序可帮助等待心理健康状况/症状治疗的人们进行自我管理 [Auxilium]

• 批准号: 10052841
• 金额: $ 23.59万
• 依托单位: SYNCVR MEDICAL UK LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10052841
• 关键词: Virtual; reality; application; aid; self

In 2021, the number of people waiting for community mental health care reached 1.2m, with the NHS missing several targets. NHS England data found the figure for those waiting for a mental health follow-up appointment or learning disability service at the end of 2021-22 had increased from 1.08m at the end of October 2021\. The service also failed to meet its goal of getting 1.6m patients into "talking therapy" services, also called IAPT, which are aimed at treating people with mild to moderate depression (only 1.2m started sessions last year). These waiting lists enhance the sense of loneliness and frustration felt by patients, with an alarming 25% of mental health waiting list patients attempting suicide due to their frustration with the system.SyncVR Medical UK Ltd (hereafter SyncVR) aims to improve healthcare with extended reality (XR) including virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), underpinned by its proprietary XR healthcare platform, which enables the company to deliver its own applications and host third parties (similar to Netflix). Sync-VR has created several successful mindfulness focused applications which are currently being used in over 100 hospitals across Europe, including 10 NHS trusts, including a mental health trust, helping patients to decrease pain, anxiety, and medication.Through this project, SyncVR and South London & Maudsley NHS Trust (SLAM) will create the world's first mood management virtual application (named Auxilium) to be used on virtual reality (VR) headsets for supporting high risk patients waiting for mental health care. Auxilium will be the world's first VR application underpinned with mindfulness and dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT) elements, which have previously been shown to be effective for patients in crisis and suffering from mood instabilities.Auxilium will go beyond other existing solutions by enabling users to practice mood management strategies in a relaxing and immersive environment. The application will teach patients useful coping and mood management skills to manage their emotions while they wait for therapy. It will also help them feel more prepared for therapy when they encounter it and improve their overall healthcare experience.Furthermore, Auxilium will help reduce the enormous economic burden presented by mental health problems, which currently cost the UK economy ~£118bn annually (~5% GDP). The cutting-edge VR application will enable mental health patients to better self-manage their condition, in turn reducing sick days, loss of productivity due to absenteeism, and costs to the healthcare systems worldwide.

2021年，等待社区心理健康护理的人数达到120万人，英国国民健康保险制度未能达到几个目标。英国国民健康保险制度的数据发现，2021-22年末等待心理健康后续预约或学习障碍服务的人数比2021年10月底的108万人有所增加。该服务也未能实现让160万患者接受“谈话疗法”服务的目标，这种服务也被称为IAPT，旨在治疗轻、中度抑郁症患者(去年只有120万人开始了治疗)。这些等待名单增强了患者的孤独感和挫败感，高达25%的精神健康等待名单患者由于对系统的失望而试图自杀。SyncVR Medical UK Ltd(以下简称SyncVR)旨在通过扩展现实(XR)来改善医疗保健，包括虚拟现实(VR)和增强现实(AR)，这是由其专有的XR医疗平台支持的，使该公司能够交付自己的应用程序并托管第三方(类似Netflix)。Sync-VR已经创建了几个成功的专注于正念的应用程序，目前正在欧洲100多家医院使用，其中包括10个NHS信托基金，其中包括一个心理健康信托基金，帮助患者减少疼痛、焦虑和药物治疗。通过这个项目，SyncVR和南伦敦&莫斯利NHS信托基金(SLAM)将创建世界上第一个情绪管理虚拟应用程序(名为Auxilium)，用于虚拟现实(VR)耳机，支持等待心理健康护理的高危患者。Auxilium将是世界上第一个基于正念和辩证行为疗法(DBT)元素的VR应用程序，此前已证明这些元素对处于危机中和患有情绪不稳定的患者有效。Auxilium将超越其他现有解决方案，使用户能够在放松和身临其境的环境中练习情绪管理策略。该应用程序将教会患者有用的应对和情绪管理技能，以管理他们在等待治疗期间的情绪。它还将帮助他们在遇到治疗时更好地为治疗做好准备，并改善他们的整体医疗体验。此外，Auxilium将有助于减轻精神健康问题带来的巨大经济负担，目前英国经济每年花费约1180亿英镑(约占GDP的5%)。尖端的VR应用将使精神疾病患者能够更好地自我管理自己的病情，从而减少病假、因旷工而造成的生产力损失，以及全球医疗系统的成本。