Monitoring
dizziness, eyestrain
ADVERSE EFFECTS, ADVERSE EFFECTS
A trial steering team includes one academic in the disciplines of nursing (i.e., the author RK) and a social worker (i.e., the author OS). OS is the in-charge of the elderly service of a non-government organization and will direct the whole study process. The trial steering team coordinates the study venues, budget, and study progress. The project implementation team comprising one research officer and a team of nursing student helpers will be responsible to implement the research procedures (e.g., eligibility screening, informed consent, and data collection). An advisory panel comprising one academic in psychiatry (i.e., the author LL) and social entrepreneur and social service director (i.e., the author RY) will provide advice to the project and monitor the quality of the implementation (e.g., data collection, intervention implementation, data analysis). The data management committee comprising two academics in the disciplines of nursing (i.e., the author SC) and occupation therapy (i.e., the author FN) monitors the quality of data collection and data analysis. The trial steering team will meet the project implementation team bi-weekly to monitor the adherence of the implementation to the research protocol and provide suggestions to solve the operational problems faced by the project implementation team. The advisory panel and data monitoring committee are independent of the trial sponsor (i.e., the author RK) and competing interests. The research team, including the trial steering committee and the data monitoring committee, report to and seek advice from the advisory panel at a 3-month interval for higher-level issues, including suspicion of adverse effects, suspension of the trial, and modification of the research protocol.Adverse effects commonly reported on older people after using virtual reality-based interventions include cybersickness, fall injuries, dizziness, and eyestrain, although the incidence is low [