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Virtual reality environment for exposure therapy in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a validation study

The result's identifiers

  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00023752%3A_____%2F23%3A43921111" target="_blank" >RIV/00023752:_____/23:43921111 - isvavai.cz</a>

  • Alternative codes found

    RIV/00216208:11120/23:43925922

  • Result on the web

    <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10055-023-00837-5" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10055-023-00837-5</a>

  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

    <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10055-023-00837-5" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10055-023-00837-5</a>

Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    Virtual reality environment for exposure therapy in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a validation study

  • Original language description

    IntroductionObsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterised by recurrent, repetitive, and unwanted thoughts or impulses triggering significant anxiety. Exposure and response prevention is currently the first-line therapy for OCD. The goal of this validation study was to confirm the potential of the VR house environment that incorporates OCD-specific items that cluster around major symptom dimensions: &apos;contamination&apos;, &apos;symmetry&apos;, &apos;checking&apos; and &apos;hoarding&apos; to induce anxiety and compulsive behaviour in patients with OCD.MethodWe assessed a sample of OCD patients (n = 44) that was compared to a group of healthy controls (n = 31). The severity of OCD symptoms was assessed in all subjects. During a single session, participants were asked to approach a set of 10 stimuli (covering four OCD dimensions) and rate their current intensity of distress/anxiety and compulsive tendencies (scales 0-5) provoked by observing each stimulus. Before and after the VR exposure, participants completed questionnaires assessing subjective levels of anxiety (before/after VR exposure), their sense of presence in VR and experienced simulator sickness.ResultsThe results show that the OCD group reports elevated levels of distress and compulsive behaviour when confronted with VR exposure stimuli compared to the control group, but no increase in anxiety levels has been observed after the VR exposure. The subjective ratings of provoked distress and compulsive behaviour are not associated with severity of OCD symptoms, perceived sense of presence, association with cybersickness symptoms is weak.ConclusionOur data suggest that the VR house environment is a suitable tool for VR exposure therapy in OCD patients as it demonstrates OCD symptom provocation relevant for individual patients.

  • Czech name

  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

  • CEP classification

  • OECD FORD branch

    10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Result continuities

  • Project

    Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

  • Continuities

    P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Others

  • Publication year

    2023

  • Confidentiality

    S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data specific for result type

  • Name of the periodical

    Virtual Reality

  • ISSN

    1359-4338

  • e-ISSN

    1434-9957

  • Volume of the periodical

    27

  • Issue of the periodical within the volume

    3

  • Country of publishing house

    GB - UNITED KINGDOM

  • Number of pages

    11

  • Pages from-to

    2691-2701

  • UT code for WoS article

    001037034300001

  • EID of the result in the Scopus database

    2-s2.0-85168587775