The Effect of Mirror Therapy With Virtual Reality Application on Motor-Sense Acquisition and Quality of Live in Home Care of Stroke Patients

The Effect of Mirror Therapy With Virtual Reality Application on Motor-Sense Acquisition and Quality of Live in Home Care of Stroke Patients

: Aim: Stroke is increasing day by day in our country as in the world. Early rehabilitation after stroke accelerates motor-sensory gains of individuals. This also increases the quality of life. Although there are studies on post-stroke rehabilitation in our country, rehabilitation applications with virtual reality application are very limited. For this reason, the research was carried out to determine the effect of home therapy with virtual reality application on motor-sensory gains and quality of life after stroke.

Material and method: The research was conducted as a randomized controlled experimental study. The universe of the research; Between December 2021 and May 2022, individuals who met the criteria for inclusion in the study who applied for home care to Erzurum Atatürk University Health Application and Research Center Physical Therapy Unit with the diagnosis of loss of movement in the upper extremity after stroke were formed. The sample size for the research was determined by power analysis. In the power analysis, it was determined that a total of 52 people should be reached in order to reach the 95% confidence level at the 0.05 significance level and 80% power at the p<0.05 significance level. Considering that there may be data losses in the study, it was decided to reach 60 people, 15% more than the sample. "Descriptive Feature Form", "Brunnstrom Staging" and "SF-36 Quality of Life Scale" were used to collect data.In the analysis of data; percentile distribution, chi-square, Fisher-Freeman- Halton Exact test, t-test in independent groups, Repeated Measures ANOVA Test, Friedman Test, One Way ANOVA test, Kruskall Wallis test, and post hoc analyzes (Bonferroni, Games Howell, Dunn) were used.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being literate,
• Be over 18 years old,
• Having sufficient communication skills to be able to answer verbal and written questions and follow instructions,
• To have applied to benefit from home care services,
• Having been diagnosed with stroke and being at least 6 days old,
• Not having advanced vision problems,
• Not having a vertigo problem
• Not being diagnosed with epilepsy
• In Brunnstrom staging, Upper extremity Stage 2 and above

Exclusion Criteria:

• To reside outside the borders of Erzurum province
• Be under the age of 18
• In Brunnstrom staging, the upper extremity is below Stage 2