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. 2023 Jan 14;27(4):3505–3520. doi: 10.1007/s10055-023-00747-6

Table 9.

Data extracts: Comparison of IVR with CR: Motivation

Participant ID Page Line number Quotation
Pt 8 28 1144 It [IVR] was more fun than I wanted to do it all
Pr 1 4 180–182 When they[child] go to physio, they do not always see how much they are progressing. They see it as a long process where with that it is more of a fun way and it is a bit of a distraction of the overall goal really
Pr 3 13 575–578 She[child] was so engaged with it and so, sort of, looking forward to doing it every day. She did not need a prompting…it was not, oh come on now, you need to do your exercises. She made time every day herself to do it because she actually ends up doing it
Pr 4 19 765–768 I wll say the first operation, he is not enjoying the physio. He sometimes even mention to me he did not want it doing. But right now, when he is using the headset, when he is back to school, every day he is taking… “Come mum, I am ready for the video”
Pr 5 22 906–907 He was doing more. At one stage, he actually came to me and said “I will go on that VR now, mum” without me saying “Are you going on the VR?”
923–924 I think that it makes it fun, and it makes them want to do it […] it does not come across as chore
Pr 7 26 1048–1050 They[child] are engaged in the game as opposed to doing the exercises so they are quite boring for children
Pr 8 30 1212–1214 I think at the start it took a lot of responsibility off me because I were not having to remind her or support her as much, you know, doing physio
OT 2 56 – 62 I think that like we’ve had some patients that are not very compliant with therapy or do not engage or do not complete the exercises that we gave them, which I understand because it is an extra thing to add onto their day, and that their movement had improved when they had come back because it was something they are engaging in and wanted to do every day. So, yeah, I think that it definitely had a good impact on people’s motivation to do the therapy, a lot more fun
78–80 If it the patient that is not engaging well, it could take it home for a week or two and that improves that movement at home doing something that they want to do

Pt Patient, Pr Parent, OT Occupational therapist