design and evaluation environment based on virtual reality exposure therapy in treatment of social anxiety disorder

investigating the effect of environment based on virtual reality exposure therapy on psychological,cognitive_ behavioral symptoms and physiological symptoms of social anxiety disorder

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20171227038106N1

Enrollment

Registered

2018-03-04

Start date

2018-01-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-03-26

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Conditions

social anxiety disorder. Social phobias

Interventions

Intervention 1: Patients with social anxiety disorder are subjected to virtual reality-based exposure therapy sessions, which consists of 12 sessions, which first comes from the patient's anxiety hier

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

20 Years to 45 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: age between 20 to 45 years old that have a diagnosis criteria for social anxiety disorder acording to DSM5

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: alcoholism drug dependency History of physical or mental illness

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Psycholoical symptoms of social anxiety disorder,. Timepoint: Measurement of physiological symptoms social anxiety disorder such as heart rate oscillation, skin temperature, respiratory distress, muscle tension at the beginning of the study and during treatment based on exposure virtual reality sessions and two months after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: physiological symptoms assesment device(CAPTIV).;Cognitive_behavioral symptoms of social anxiety disorder. Timepoint: Measurement of cognitive_behavioral symptoms of social anxiety disorder such as avoidance, fear of negative evaluation, social turmoil at the beginning of the study and during treatment based on exposure virtual reality sessions and two months after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Conner social anxiety quesionnaire and Watson & Trend's Avoidance Social turmoil Scale.	—

Measure

Time frame

Psycholoical symptoms of social anxiety disorder,. Timepoint: Measurement of physiological symptoms social anxiety disorder such as heart rate oscillation, skin temperature, respiratory distress, muscle tension at the beginning of the study and during treatment based on exposure virtual reality sessions and two months after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: physiological symptoms assesment device(CAPTIV).;Cognitive_behavioral symptoms of social anxiety disorder. Timepoint: Measurement of cognitive_behavioral symptoms of social anxiety disorder such as avoidance, fear of negative evaluation, social turmoil at the beginning of the study and during treatment based on exposure virtual reality sessions and two months after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Conner social anxiety quesionnaire and Watson & Trend's Avoidance Social turmoil Scale.

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactHoda nazemi

Semnan university

Hoda.nazemi@semnan.ac.ir+98 23 3349 0213

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026