One Session Virtual Reality During Ongoing Treatment for Anxiety: Feasibility in Children and Adolescents
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age8-18
SponsorAccare
About this trial
The goal of this study is to evaluate one session with exposure with Virtual Reality (VR) in in children and adolescents, aged 8-18 years with an anxiety disorder. The main questions it aims to answer are:
1. What are the expectations of children and adolescents and therapists with VR exposure? 2. What is the acceptability of the VR session (positive and negative effects)? 3. What are possible working mechanisms of VR exposure? During ongoing treatment, participants will receive a session of exposure with VR.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Children and adolescents 8-18 years old.
Meeting Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders -5 criteria for an anxiety disorder, based on a semi-structured interview (SCID-5 Jr, specific section) or clinical judgment of an experienced and authorized clinician.
Disqualifiers
Severe psychiatric symptoms other than anxiety disorder interfering with safety or warranting immediate intervention, e.g. psychosis or acute suicidality.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- One session exposure with Virtual Reality
Treatment groups
30 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupLocations
Sponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov