WITHIN TOUCHING DISTANCE brings together artistic & technological innovation to explore how arts-based therapeutic content can be combined with XR.

触手可及的距离汇聚了艺术

• 批准号: ES/Y011082/1
• 负责人: Jorge Lopes Ramos
• 金额: $ 6.53万
• 依托单位: University of Greenwich
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FY011082%2F1
• 关键词: WITHIN; TOUCHING; DISTANCE; brings; together

The rates of mental health problems and demand for mental health services are steadily growing, accelerated by COVID-19, while NHS services are not resourced to meet increasing demand. It has been shown that conscious use of expressive touch improves clinical interactions, hence, patient wellbeing, and studies report a current failure in nursing education to prioritise compassion and empathy as key skills. Addressing gaps in training and therapy provision could provide huge quality and economic benefits.WITHIN TOUCHING DISTANCE brings together artistic and technological innovation to explore how arts-based therapeutic content combined with XR technologies can provide positive mental health outcomes for patients and ensure effective training outcomes for nurses and carers. The project is patient-centred, focussing on solutions that could be applied, trialled and ultimately adopted at scale, to provide a broad economic benefit to the UK mental health sector, such as 'affective touch' training and empathy skills for nurses.We have identified a significant gap in research into immersive XR technologies towards digital mental health therapies which explore the use of haptics and touch. We have also identified a usual emphasis that prioritises technological innovation as an end in itself over participant experience and emotional impact - this is where this innovative project as a unique combination of arts and technological approach will realign priorities to place the patient's emotional experience front and centre. We will benefit from Greenwich partner ZU-UK's expertise and invaluable input as a disabled-led producing arts company in the field of experiential performance.Former NHS nurse, and Professor of Healthcare Simulation and Workforce Development, Sharon Weldon said "Within Touching Distance is a perfect example of the power art has to push the limits of healthcare simulation and make healthcare professionals think beyond their own reality. The use of technology and touch to raise the importance of empathy is a powerful way of bringing the essence of what care is back to the forefront of what we do"

心理健康问题的发生率和对心理健康服务的需求正在稳步增长，COVID-19加速了这一增长，而NHS服务的资源无法满足不断增长的需求。它已被证明，有意识地使用表达性触摸改善临床互动，因此，病人的福祉，和研究报告目前失败的护理教育优先考虑同情和同情的关键技能。解决培训和治疗提供方面的差距可以带来巨大的质量和经济效益。“接触距离”将艺术和技术创新结合起来，探索基于艺术的治疗内容如何与XR技术相结合，为患者提供积极的心理健康结果，并确保护士和护理人员的有效培训成果。该项目以患者为中心，专注于可以应用、试验并最终大规模采用的解决方案，为英国心理健康部门提供广泛的经济效益，例如为护士提供“情感触摸”培训和同理心技能。我们已经确定了沉浸式XR技术研究中的一个重大差距，该技术旨在探索触觉和触摸的使用。我们还确定了一个通常的重点，即优先考虑技术创新本身作为参与者体验和情感影响的目的-这就是这个创新项目作为艺术和技术方法的独特组合，将重新调整优先事项，将患者的情感体验放在首位和中心。我们将受益于格林威治的合作伙伴ZU-UK的专业知识和宝贵的投入，作为一个残疾人主导的制作艺术公司在体验表演领域。前NHS护士，医疗模拟和劳动力发展教授Sharon Weldon说：“在触摸距离内是一个完美的例子，艺术的力量推动了医疗模拟的极限，使医疗专业人员超越了他们自己的现实。使用技术和触摸来提高同理心的重要性是一种强有力的方式，可以将护理的本质带回我们所做的事情的最前沿。