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IRCT20210213050343N1 IRCT 2021-07-12 Persian Gulf University Comparison of the Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy on Symptoms of Acrophobia and Anxiety Sensitivity Comparison of the Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy on Symptoms of Acrophobia and Anxiety Sensitivity in Adolescent Girls 2021-06-20 anticipated 45 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/57391 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Single blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Supportive, Randomization description: All patients who give consent for participation and who fulfilling the inclusion criteria are randomized using a random number table. In the random number table, a special code was assigned to each patient, respectively. To randomly assign each patient to the groups, the researcher randomly selected individuals from a table point in a row or direction: VRE (n=15), EMDR therapy (n=15), and the waiting list control condition (n=15), Blinding description: This study is a single-blind study in that the researcher and participants are aware of the allocating intervention, but the data analyst and the person conducting the assessments are blind to the specific participant’s group. N/A Fear of Heights or Acrophobia. Intervention 1: Intervention group: VRET is conducte by using a Desktop Computer with specifications; Graphics Card: ASUS NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5, CPU: Core i7-4790 (8M Cache, up to 4.00 GHz), RAM: 8 GB DDR4, and an Oculus Rift Dk2 Virtual Reality Headset. These tools make it possible to create a virtual environment and to provide the VR stimuli to the patient in a safe environment. Patients in the VRET condition are confronte with one VR scenario in each session. In the final session, all VR scenarios are presente one after another. VRET intervention in each session include two consecutive phases: a training phase and an experimental phase. Intervention 2: Intervention group: EMDR therapy in the present study IS based on the standard protocol for specific phobias, consisting of eight steps perform over six one-hour sessions. Intervention 3: Control group: They are assessed one week before the start of treatment and one week after the end of the last treatment session using acrophobia and anxiety sensitivity questionnaires. Yes - There is a plan to make this available What will be shared: Data from participants' responses to acrophobia and anxiety sensitivity questionnaires in pre-test and post-test were analyzed using SPSS software, and the results, without mentioning the names of the participants, were shared as study results. When: The access period starts 6 months after the results are published. To whom: The data of this study will be available only to researchers working in academic and scientific institutions. Conditions: The data of this study will be provided for use by researchers in review or comparative studies. Where to obtain: Parisa Azimisefat Department of Psychology, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Iran. parisa0730@gmail.com or parisa.azimi@mehr.pgu.ac.ir +989184025128 How to obtain: The applicant provides information about their application via email. Up to two weeks after the request, if accepted, documents or data files will be sent. Comments:
public Parisa Azimisefat
Persian Gulf Street, Persian Gulf University
Bushehr Iran (Islamic Republic of) 7516913817 +98 77 3122 2710 parisa0730@gmail.com Persian Gulf University scientific Soran Rajabi
Persian Gulf Street, Persian Gulf University
Bushehr Iran (Islamic Republic of) 7516913817 +98 77 3122 2710 sooranrajabi@pgu.ac.ir Persian Gulf University Iran (Islamic Republic of) A score greater than or equal to 50 in the Acrophobia Questionnaire fulfillment of all specific phobia diagnostic criteria (eg, acrophobia) based on SCID-5 submission of written consent for participation in the study by participants and their parents Age 14 to 18 years 14 years 18 years Female patients with hearing or visual impairment such as stereoscopy blindness or nystagmus presence of any other mental disorders as assessed using the structured clinical interview presence of specific physiological illnesses such as heart, lung and respiratory diseases, epilepsy and seizures developmental or intellectual disability, cognitive impairment, known balance disorders such as vertigo, dependent on alcohol or drugs other current psychological treatment F40.241 Acrophobia Behavior Behavior Behavior Intervention group: VRET is conducte by using a Desktop Computer with specifications; Graphics Card: ASUS NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5, CPU: Core i7-4790 (8M Cache, up to 4.00 GHz), RAM: 8 GB DDR4, and an Oculus Rift Dk2 Virtual Reality Headset. These tools make it possible to create a virtual environment and to provide the VR stimuli to the patient in a safe environment. Patients in the VRET condition are confronte with one VR scenario in each session. In the final session, all VR scenarios are presente one after another. VRET intervention in each session include two consecutive phases: a training phase and an experimental phase. Intervention group: EMDR therapy in the present study IS based on the standard protocol for specific phobias, consisting of eight steps perform over six one-hour sessions. Control group: They are assessed one week before the start of treatment and one week after the end of the last treatment session using acrophobia and anxiety sensitivity questionnaires. Acrophobia: Severe anxiety when standing in high places or watching other people in such situations causes severe fear in people with a phobia. As in other fears, one is fully aware of the irrationality and irrationality of one's fears but nevertheless cannot overcome them. These people try to avoid facing such situations, so that avoidance may have a negative impact on their personal or social life.Anxiety Sensitivity: It is a structure of individual differences in which the individual is afraid of the physical symptoms associated with anxiety arousal (increased heart rate, shortness of breath, dizziness) and basically arises from the belief that these symptoms have potentially harmful consequences. Social, cognitive, and physical leads. Timepoint: One week before the intervention and one week after the last intervention session. Method of measurement: Acrophobia Questionnaire and Anxiety Sensitivity Questionnaire. Persian Gulf University Approved 2021-06-19 Research Ethics Committees of Bushehr Province University of Medical Sciences Bushehr, Moallem St., in front of Friday prayer place, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences and Health Services Bushehr Boushehr Iran (Islamic Republic of)