A Validation Study of Mobile Virtual Reality-Based Self-Care and Exposure Therapy Contents for the Treatment of Panic Disorder

Yonsei University Health System (YUHS)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Panic Disorder

Treatments: Procedure: Arm I (Prepectoral); Other: Arm II (Subpectoral)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04985019

3-2018-0292

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether mobile-based virtual reality exposure treatement can reduce the symptoms of panic disorder and the symptoms of depression and anxiety than the waitlist group

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Meet Diagnostic Statistical Manual criteria for panic disorder(with or without agoraphobia) .

No change in drug dosage during the study period

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with a history of major neurological or significant medical illness, or met the diagnostic criteria of current substance misuse

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

I (Prepectoral)

Experimental group

Description:

VR treatment group Participants received the Self-Guided Virtual Reality-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for panic disorder.

Treatment:

Procedure: Arm I (Prepectoral)

Other: Arm II (Subpectoral)

II (Subpectoral)

No Intervention group

Description:

Waiting list Participants in a waiting list.