Behavioral Activation for Depression Through Virtual Reality

Universitat Jaume I

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Depression

Treatments: Other: Behavioral activation using virtual reality

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05138744

EMA1

Details and patient eligibility

About

Evaluate the effectiveness of a brief, virtual reality intervention for depressed mood

Enrollment: 8 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 (measure of depression) over 9
• Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (measure of positive and negative affect): positive affect score below 24
• Age over 18 years
• Signs informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Completes more than 20% of evaluations retrospectively (not the day they are assigned)
• Has a severe mental health disorder as evaluated with the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview
• Does not sign the informed consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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8 participants in 1 patient group

Virtual reality treatment

Experimental group

Description:

Use of google maps with virtual reality to virtually situate the participants into scenarios that are motivating for them (i.e., the beach, a mountain, a park, etc.) at their choice.

Treatment:

Other: Behavioral activation using virtual reality