Alfred Haeussl

Effects of virtual reality interventions on mental health outcomes among healthcare workers in hospital settings: a systematic review

Alfred Haeussl, Ina Zwigl, Hannah Lackner, Verena Reiter et autres

Background Healthcare workers (HCWs), such as nurses and medical doctors in hospital settings routinely experience significant psychological stress, anxiety, and burnout, a situation greatly intensified since the COVID-19 pandemic. Virtual reality (VR) has emerged as an innovative intervention for promoting mental health. …

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Evaluating usability and acceptance of a socially assistive robot supported cognitive training for depression – results of the randomized controlled pilot study ‘AMIGA’

Alfred Haeussl, Ina Zwigl, Lena Stojec, Irina S. Smolak et autres

The integration of socially assistive robots (SARs) in mental healthcare offers promising opportunities to enhance traditional treatments. The humanoid SAR “Pepper” has shown potential for supporting cognitive and emotional interventions for individuals. While SAR acceptance has been explored in general healthcare, limited …

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Social robots in adult psychiatry: a summary of utilisation and impact

Alfred Haeussl, Nina Dalkner, Frederike T. Fellendorf, Melanie Lenger et autres

Social robots are increasingly becoming more prevalent in healthcare, including nursing, geriatric care, and treatment for children on the autism spectrum. Their assistance is believed to hold promise in mitigating the effects of staffing shortages and enhancing current mental health treatment. Nevertheless, …

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Towards Gender-sensitive Motivation of Patients with Depression for Cognitive Training with a Socially Assistive Robot

Lucas Paletta, Sandra Schuessler, Eva Z. Reininghaus, Michael Macher et autres

Approximately 280 million people in the world suffer from depression, which often leads to cognitive deficits. This paper describes fundamental aspects of the work plan of the Austrian project AMIGA that aims at developing and evaluating a gender-sensitive and customizable Social Assisting …

Estimation of Change in Affective State Using Eye Tracking Features from Virtual Reality Technologies

Martin Pszeida, Amir Dini, Michael Schneeberger, Melanie Lenger et autres

Affective states play a prominent role in the context of human activation and motivation. Immersive VR-based presence provides opportunities to activate elderly people in the context of preferred leisure activities (Häussl et al., 2021) or to apply mindfulness interventions for their cognitive …

VR4care: Gender-sensitive Virtual Reality Technologies and Semantic Content Categories for Activation in Nursing Homes

Lucas Paletta, Sybille Reidl, Sarah Beranek, Bernardes Andr eacute a et autres

People living in long-term care facilities due to physical or mental impairments have few opportunities for self-determined activity. Virtual reality (VR) technologies offer a potential to expand individual experience through immersive presence in artificial environments, to activate mentally and to promote autonomy …

The use of a socially assistive robot in individuals with depression during acute psychiatric inpatient treatment – preliminary RCT results

Alfred Haeussl, Melanie Lenger, Nina Dalkner, Suher Guggemos et autres

Although the tested models showed a classification performance just above the chance level, verbal fluency was predicted with good accuracy, and importantly it was based on meaningful information.Thus, although structural neuroimaging alterations have been previously associated with cognitive deficits, our results suggest …

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Requirements Analysis on Emotional Preferences for Leisure Activities in Virtual Reality for Female Nursing Home Residents – A Mixed Method Approach

Alfred Haeussl, Sandra Schuessler, Lucas Paletta, Hermine Fuerli et autres

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