Developing a brief, immersive virtual reality scenario for smokers unmotivated to quit through user-centred design

通过以用户为中心的设计，为没有戒烟动力的吸烟者开发一个简短的、身临其境的虚拟现实场景

• 批准号: 2549847
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2549847
• 关键词: Developing; brief; immersive; virtual; reality

Cigarette smoking is a leading cause of premature ill-health and death and is associated with more than 50 serious health conditions. The majority of smokers are well informed about the health consequences of smoking, but most lack motivation to quit smoking (Brose et al., 2020). Motivation to stop smoking is a key predictor of quit attempts but approximately 80-85% of smokers in England do not have an intention to stop. There is a scarcity of individual-level interventions designed specifically for smokers unmotivated to quit. Virtual reality (VR) (a digital environment that has the potential to evoke strong and seemingly real sensory experiences) may offer a promising, immersive means of prompting quit attempts among people unmotivated to quit that would otherwise not occur. Developing, new interventions to motivate smokers to quit smoking could have a significant public health impact. Thus, the aim of this project is to support development of a digital intervention to motivate smokers to quit smoking using a theory-based framework, with a focus on addressing digital divides and exclusion. Key research questions may include but are not limited to:1) What are smokers' views of using VR to encourage a quit attempt?2) What are the key content and design features that smokers would like to see in a VR intervention to increase motivation to quit?3) What content and design features do experts in VR and theory-based smoking cessation interventions identify as critical and feasible to include in the VR scenario to increase smokers' motivation to quit?4) What are smokers' experiences of the developed VR prototype (which will be based on the results of RQ1, RQ2, RQ3)?5) What are the acceptable features of the VR prototype?6) What are the key changes of the VR prototype that should be made prior to large-scale evaluation?

吸烟是导致过早健康不佳和死亡的主要原因，并与 50 多种严重的健康状况有关。大多数吸烟者都充分了解吸烟对健康的影响，但大多数人缺乏戒烟的动力（Brose 等人，2020）。戒烟动机是戒烟尝试的一个关键预测因素，但英国大约 80-85% 的吸烟者没有戒烟的意图。缺乏专门针对没有戒烟动机的吸烟者的个人干预措施。虚拟现实（VR）（一种有潜力唤起强烈且看似真实的感官体验的数字环境）可能会提供一种有前途的、身临其境的方式来促使那些没有戒烟动力的人进行戒烟尝试，否则这种情况不会发生。制定新的干预措施来激励吸烟者戒烟可能会对公共健康产生重大影响。因此，该项目的目的是支持数字干预的发展，以利用基于理论的框架激励吸烟者戒烟，重点是解决数字鸿沟和排斥问题。主要研究问题可能包括但不限于：1) 吸烟者对使用 VR 来鼓励戒烟尝试有何看法？2) 吸烟者希望在 VR 干预中看到哪些关键内容和设计特征，以增加戒烟动机？3) VR 和基于理论的戒烟干预专家认为哪些内容和设计特征对于在 VR 场景中增加吸烟者戒烟动机至关重要且可行？4) 什么是 VR 干预措施？ 吸烟者对所开发的 VR 原型的体验（将基于 RQ1、RQ2、RQ3 的结果）？5) VR 原型的可接受功能是什么？6) 在大规模评估之前，VR 原型应做出哪些关键改变？