A relação da realidade virtual e os idosos: uma revisão sistemática

Abstract

The improvement of the quality of life, healthier habits on health and information the elderly population is constantly growing. The aging process is due to several changes in the body, and some of these changes can lead to physiological deficits in the body, and maintaining these healthy living habits are essential for longevity such as: food, lifestyle and physical activities. Virtual Reality is a method that is being evaluated by science, working with strands such as balance, mobility, cognition and functionality are being applied in the elderly population and are well received as methods of treatment or prevention. With the objective of reviewing the literature in the last 5 years, it brings to the reader, what was used of methodology, which statistical tests, such as receptivity of the elderly and levels of efficacy. Articles were searched in the Embase databases; Pubmed; Lalics and BDTD, at first 163 studies were selected, but only 9 studies remained for final analysis. The results indicate that Virtual Reality is an effective, and has a greater adherence to treatment than with some other methods, when evaluating statistical tests, the studies presented pointed out some shortcomings that should be taken into account. It is suggested that there is a deeper understanding of the subject in different lines of research; statistical planning should be better planned and methodologies replicated with a greater number of older people with clearer treatment protocols such as number of sessions, intervention time and times per week.