VR Sensory Rooms Reduce Anxiety In People With Intellectual Disability

People with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) who used the Evenness virtual reality (VR) sensory room had reductions in anxiety and depressive symptoms. Based on their before and after use scores, those who used sensory room more frequently also had improvements in their sensory processing.

Anxiety scores on the Glasgow Anxiety Scale for Intellectual Disability (GAS-ID) averaged 20.00 before using the VR device, and in a post-test, scores averaged 14.19. The GAS-ID maximum score is 54, and higher scores indicate greater levels of anxiety symptoms. A score of 13.00 is the diagnostic point for . . .