One Session Virtual Reality During Ongoing Treatment for Anxiety: Feasibility in Children and Adolescents
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age8-18
SponsorAccare
About this trial
The goal of this study is to evaluate one session with exposure with Virtual Reality (VR) in in children and adolescents, aged 8-18 years with an anxiety disorder. The main questions it aims to answer are:
1. What are the expectations of children and adolescents and therapists with VR exposure? 2. What is the acceptability of the VR session (positive and negative effects)? 3. What are possible working mechanisms of VR exposure? During ongoing treatment, participants will receive a session of exposure with VR.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Children and adolescents 8-18 years old.
Meeting Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders -5 criteria for an anxiety disorder, based on a semi-structured interview (SCID-5 Jr, specific section) or clinical judgment of an experienced and authorized clinician.
Disqualifiers
Severe psychiatric symptoms other than anxiety disorder interfering with safety or warranting immediate intervention, e.g. psychosis or acute suicidality.
Trial design
Design model
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
One session exposure with Virtual Reality
BehavioralParticipants will receive one session exposure with virtual reality from their therapists.
Treatment groups
30 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupGroup A: One session VR ExposureExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Willingness to participate in exposure in vivo
Participants will be asked about their willingness to participate in exposure in vivo
Time frame
Directly before and immediately after the sessionSecondary outcomes
1
Idiosyncratic expectations
Specific idiosyncratic expectations of the children and the adolescents, rated on a likert scale ranging from 0-10 (a higher score is a stronger belief).
Time frame
During the session2
Anxiety
Anxiety of the children and adolescents will be rated on a likert-scale, subjective units of distress (SUD-scores) ranging from 0-10 (a higher score is more anxiety).
Time frame
During the session3
Expectations of Virtual Reality
Expectations of the session with virtual reality will be assessed with the Credibility and Expectancy Questionnaire for therapists and children.
Time frame
Directly before the session4
Acceptability
Acceptability of virtual reality exposure will be assessed with a questionnaire specifically designed for this study. Youth will be asked about positive and negative effects and their experiences.
Time frame
Immediately after the sessionLocations
Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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