FLOAT Through Anxiety: Virtual Reality Application's Efficacy as a Tool to Distract From Negative Emotions and Thoughts

University of Haifa

Status: Completed

Conditions: Experimental; Control

Treatments: Behavioral: psychoeducation on emotional regulation and distraction strategy + Application; Device: Using the FLOAT app on a virtual reality device; Behavioral: psychoeducation on emotional regulation and distraction strategy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06197464

YAEL

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to examine the effectiveness and safety of the VR FLOAT application as a tool to reduce negative thoughts and feelings and anxiety symptoms in students with high levels of stress and anxiety. The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. Will subjects with high levels of anxiety who will use the FLOAT application experience a more significant relief in feelings of anxiety compared to subjects in the control group?
2. Will subjects who are used to using technology find greater comfort in using VR compared to subjects who are not used to it?
3. What is the degree of satisfaction with the use of VR and are there any reports of side effects?Participants will [describe the main tasks participants will be asked to do, treatments they'll be given and use bullets Researchers will compare control group to see The comparison between using FLOAT as a regulation strategy after psychoeducation on emotional regulation and cognitive-behavioral use of a regulation strategy after the same psychoeducation

Enrollment: 62 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 'moderate' or 'severe' levels of stress and/or anxiety according to the DASS-21 questionnaire
• student

Exclusion criteria

• under the age of 18
• diagnoses of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, including past or present psychotic conditions
• suicidality
• pregnant women
• do not speak or read Hebrew fluently
• a diagnosis of epilepsy.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Sequential Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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62 participants in 2 patient groups

control

Active Comparator group

Description:

psychoeducation on emotional regulation and distraction strategy + Application

Treatment:

Behavioral: psychoeducation on emotional regulation and distraction strategy + Application

experimental

Experimental group

Description:

psychoeducation on emotional regulation and distraction strategy + Application with the FLOAT app

Treatment:

Device: Using the FLOAT app on a virtual reality device

Behavioral: psychoeducation on emotional regulation and distraction strategy