Data-Driven Discovery of Predictors of Virtual Reality Safety and Sense of Presence for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Pilot Study.

autism spectrum disorder data-driven machine learning oculus sense of presence technology-aided intervention usability study virtual reality

Journal

Frontiers in psychiatry
ISSN: 1664-0640
Titre abrégé: Front Psychiatry
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101545006

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2020
Historique:
received: 14 08 2019
accepted: 26 06 2020
entrez: 9 9 2020
pubmed: 10 9 2020
medline: 10 9 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Virtual reality (VR) offers children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) an inexpensive and motivating medium to learn and practice skills in a personalized, controlled, and safe setting; however, outcomes of VR interventions can vary widely. In particular, there is a need to understand the predictors of VR experience in children with ASD to inform the design of these interventions. To address this gap, a sample of children with ASD (n=35, mean age: 13.0 ± 2.6 years; 10 female) participated in a pilot study involving an immersive VR experience delivered through a head-mounted display. A data-driven approach was used to discover predictors of VR safety and sense of presence among a range of demographic and phenotypic user characteristics. Our results suggest that IQ may be a key predictor of VR sense of presence and that anxiety may modify the association between IQ and sense of presence. In particular, in low-anxiety participants, IQ was linearly related to experienced spatial presence and engagement, whereas, in high-anxiety participants, this association followed a quadratic form. The results of this pilot study, when replicated in larger samples, will inform the design of future studies on VR interventions for children with ASD.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32903670
doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00669
pmc: PMC7438752
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

669

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020 Malihi, Nguyen, Cardy, Eldon, Petta and Kushki.

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Auteurs

Mahan Malihi (M)

Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Autism Research Centre, Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Jenny Nguyen (J)

Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Autism Research Centre, Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Robyn E Cardy (RE)

Autism Research Centre, Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Salina Eldon (S)

Autism Research Centre, Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Cathy Petta (C)

Autism Research Centre, Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Azadeh Kushki (A)

Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Autism Research Centre, Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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