A Proposal to Support Schizophrenia Patients: Mobile Application Based on Binaural Beats and 3D Avatar

dc.authorscopusid58896672300
dc.authorscopusid58896619100
dc.authorscopusid55903386400
dc.contributor.authorŞahinbaş, R.
dc.contributor.authorTekin, S.
dc.contributor.authorGökbay, İ.Z.
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-13T20:15:58Z
dc.date.available2024-06-13T20:15:58Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentİstanbul Gedik Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThere are studies that show that abnormalities in processes and dynamics in the brains of schizophrenic patients cause high-frequency neural oscillations. Patients may experience instantly developing hallucination crises because of these oscillations, and there is no health service that patients can receive support from at any time in these sudden crises. In this study, the first results of the avatar-based mobile application that is supported by binaural beats (BB) are shared, which provides positive effects in other diseases and will reduce the high-frequency abnormal oscillations in the brains of schizophrenia patients to the range seen in healthy individuals. Audio files that contained motivational phrases supported by BBs shaped by semi-structured interviews with patients were created in the first step. These files were added to the designed three-dimensional avatars and transferred to the mobile application in the second step. The study results were evaluated using qualitative and quantitative methods. While the qualitative tools consisted of semi-structured interviews conducted with patients and their relatives and clinical observations by the responsible physician, the quantitative tools were four psychiatric scales. These evaluation methods were applied before and after the voice therapy and before and after the avatar therapy. Four schizophrenia patients were included in the study, designed in a cross-sectional design. The effects that improved the quality of life of two patients who adhered to therapy were observed. This study presents the first results of an avatar-supported mobile application that uses BBs and that schizophrenia patients can access at any time. © 2024 Istanbul University. All rights reserved.
dc.description.sponsorship6. The design of the avatar was supported by BB tones.
dc.description.sponsorshipFunding: The authors declared that this study has received no financial support.
dc.identifier.doi10.5152/electrica.2024.23084
dc.identifier.endpage139
dc.identifier.issn2619-9831
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85185532292
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.startpage131
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5152/electrica.2024.23084
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11501/993
dc.identifier.volume24
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherIstanbul University
dc.relation.ispartofElectrica
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectAvatar
dc.subjectbinaural beats
dc.subjectmHealth
dc.subjectmobile health
dc.subjectschizophrenia
dc.subjectmHealth
dc.subjectMobile computing
dc.subjectPatient treatment
dc.subjectThree dimensional computer graphics
dc.subject3D Avatars
dc.subjectAvatar
dc.subjectBinaural beat
dc.subjectHigh frequency HF
dc.subjectIn-process
dc.subjectMobile applications
dc.subjectSchizophrenia
dc.subjectSchizophrenia patients
dc.subjectSchizophrenic patients
dc.subjectSemi structured interviews
dc.subjectDiseases
dc.titleA Proposal to Support Schizophrenia Patients: Mobile Application Based on Binaural Beats and 3D Avatar
dc.typeArticle

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