Single-session gamified virtual reality exposure therapy for spider phobia vs. traditional exposure therapy: study protocol for a randomized controlled non-inferiority trial

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• 作者：Alexander Miloff ; Philip Lindner ; William Hamilton ; Lena Reuterskiöld…
• 关键词：Specific phobia ; Exposure therapy ; Spiders ; Virtual reality ; Serious games ; Gamification
• 刊名：Trials
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：17
• 期：1
• 全文大小：696 KB
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• 作者单位：Alexander Miloff (1)
  Philip Lindner (1) (2)
  William Hamilton (1) (3)
  Lena Reuterskiöld (1)
  Gerhard Andersson (2) (4)
  Per Carlbring (1)
  
  1. Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Frescati Hagväg 8, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden
  2. Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
  3. Mimerse, Stockholm, Sweden
  4. Department of Behavioral Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
  
• 刊物主题：Medicine/Public Health, general; Biomedicine general; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1745-6215

文摘

Background Traditional one-session exposure therapy (OST) in which a patient is gradually exposed to feared stimuli for up to 3 h in a one-session format has been found effective for the treatment of specific phobias. However, many individuals with specific phobia are reluctant to seek help, and access to care is lacking due to logistic challenges of accessing, collecting, storing, and/or maintaining stimuli. Virtual reality (VR) exposure therapy may improve upon existing techniques by facilitating access, decreasing cost, and increasing acceptability and effectiveness. The aim of this study is to compare traditional OST with in vivo spiders and a human therapist with a newly developed single-session gamified VR exposure therapy application with modern VR hardware, virtual spiders, and a virtual therapist.