The case video shows how and why a hospital ward gains value by having implemented the VR solution.
Case video: Gentofte Hospital, Department of Medical Diseases.
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This is what your colleagues say about SYNCSENSE®
“We are so ready to join the journey with VR headsets for patients admitted at Nyk. F. Hospital. Simple and easy to operate, many patients with different diagnoses can benefit from this form of combined training and relaxation. Increase motivation for movement and for several increase quality of life. Patients can, among other things, watch local VR films from many of the places they remember and have lovely memories from.”
“At the Cardiology Department we work with a strong focus on implementing technology and innovation for the benefit of heart patients. A virtual reality headset can both provide a virtual break from the admission and make it easier to get started with rehabilitation.”
Interview with heart patient Kenneth Andresen, and Kit Engedal Kristensen (doctor) and Louise Weltzer (head nurse).
“VR training helps us actively to reduce immobility in a new and smart way. I believe that our patients get a better hospital experience with the SYNCSENSE system, while at the same time reducing their admission period.”
“Besides the physical training, VR training also provides a sensory-stimulating experience of getting out into nature – away from the hospital. I believe VR training is good preparation for the actual discharge.”
“I think it is fantastic to get out into nature and for example see the animals in the ZOO or visit Tivoli instead of just lying in my bed all day. That makes me depressed. VR training makes me happy, and I feel it is vitamins for the body and that it helps make me well.”
“We use the SYNCSENSE VR solution especially for our long-term admitted heart patients as a supplement to traditional training. It is particularly beneficial for the patients during the hours when the therapists are not present. It has turned out that many of the patients also find motivation in the individual VR training videos for life after the hospital stay.
Increasingly greater demands are being placed on the staff’s IT skills. The SYNCSENSE VR solution is really simple and easy to use – it is something everyone can figure out, including the patients themselves.”
“We have been confirmed that the VR solution gives our patients increased quality of life. It gives a lot of drive to the staff to see that the patients become enthusiastic about going for a walk with the dog in the VR headset in the middle of their admission.”
Physical inactivity and reduced cognitive function have negative consequences for older admitted patients in hospitals
An older generation with a growing burden of multiple chronic conditions will challenge the healthcare system of the future and society in general. Healthy ageing is therefore a theme that is more important than ever before.
In 2018, approximately 600,000 admissions of patients over 65 years of age were made at Danish hospitals [1]. Almost 50% of hospitalised patients are over 65 years, and of these, approx. 20% are readmitted within 30 days [2].
The risk of readmission is directly linked to the individual patient’s physical capacity [3]. Studies show that older patients are physically inactive between 77–98% of their admission period [4, 5, 6].
The combination of prolonged physical inactivity and old age is a neglected problem. Physical inactivity has serious and well-documented consequences for bones, muscles and the cardiovascular system [7]. Even short-term physical inactivity in older people markedly reduces fitness and muscle mass [8].
Physical inactivity among older people causes more than 50,000 extra somatic hospital admissions annually. Treatment and care of physical inactivity cost Danish society almost 5 billion kroner per year and also cause more than 5,000 deaths [9].
Physical inactivity during admission quickly reduces older patients’ physical function as well as their independence. This has a negative impact on daily quality of life [10, 11], but also on how effectively a patient responds to medical treatment and how quickly the patient recovers afterwards without persistent complications [11, 12, 13, 14].
A rapid start of physical activity during admission can effectively reduce physical functional deterioration during admission [15], directly reverse this negative development into improvement [16], and stimulate and maintain cognitive functions [17, 18].
Early activation with only 15–20 minutes of chair-based activity per day is able to shorten the length of stay by 20% [5] and thereby reduce admission costs [19].
Strength training and activities such as cycling and walking are effective activities with regard to recovery. Research shows that 500 metres of walking per day eliminates physical functional decline during hospital admission [19]. But even 100 daily steps reduce the risk of readmission by 10% [2].
Seated cycling exercise is a gentle, safe and effective form of exercise for older patients and improves the ability to get up and to walk [20].
One study has, for example, found that (max) 15 minutes of seated cycling approx. 4 times a week over just 3 weeks increased older patients’ average cycling distance by 26%, while at the same time improving both training duration and pedalling/strength. The result was a significant difference in the ability to walk (both distance and speed) and to rise from a seated position [16]. Regular physical activity has also been shown to reduce the number of physical fall episodes [21].
Research shows, moreover, that cycling makes older people 9–17% more efficient at walking [22].
Cycling trains the leg muscles used to take steps far more effectively than the same amount of time spent on a walk [22, 23]. However, the older person’s level of physical activity must not exceed their physical limit, and many older patients find it difficult to find the motivation to perform even necessary physical activities [24]. Indoor cycling can build physical strength from a very low starting point [12] and is therefore a very versatile physical activity, provided the patients are motivated for it.
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