Horizon of Medical Education Development

Evaluating the Reliability and Validity of a Questionnaire to Measure the Technology Acceptance of Virtual Reality among Patients with Mental Disorders

https://doi.org/10.22038/hmed.2022.60614.1179
Volume 14, Issue 2
Summer 2023
Pages 21-13
Horizon of Medical Education Development

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Marjan Rasoulian kasrineh 1
Mahdiyeh Sarraf-Razavi 2
Marzieh Mahmudimanesh 3
Moslem Taheri Soodejani 4
Ali Talaei 5
Hojjat Bojmehrani 6
Seyyed Mohammad Tabatabaei 1, 7

1 Department of Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

2 Sciences, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

3 3. Department of Public Health, Esfarayen Faculty of Medical Sciences, Esfarayen, Iran

4 Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Faculty of Health, Shahid Sadougi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

5 Transgender Studies Centre, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Centre, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

6 Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

7 Clinical Research Development Unit, Imam Reza Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

Abstract
Introduction: Virtual reality, as one of the newest technologies, has been used in various fields from video games to travel and research. This technology is also used as a therapeutic solution for some mental disorders. However, the attitude of patients with mental disorders towards the use of virtual reality is still unclear. Therefore, in this study, a questionnaire was designed to investigate the level of acceptance of virtual reality technology among patients with mental disorders
.Materials & Methods: This study was designed and implemented based on a research by Megan Liu   et al. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire were evaluated in the year 2021 2021. In this study, CVR and CVI coefficients were used to assess the content validity, and its external reliability was determined using Cronbach's alpha.
Results: : The translated questionnairs consisted of 23 questions, 16 of which were specialized and categorized into 6 different dimensions. The content validity index was 0.8, which is an acceptable value for this questionnaire. In addition, Cronbach's alpha was estimated to be 0.7, and the correlation between the questions was shown to be permitted at a significant level of 0.0001.
Conclusion: According to the results, the questionnaire had high validity and reliability to assess the acceptance of virtual reality technology among patients with mental disorders

Keywords

questionnaire
virtual reality
technology acceptance
Validity and reliability
Mental disorders
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