Panic Disorder
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether mobile-based virtual reality exposure treatement can reduce the symptoms of panic disorder and the symptoms of depression and anxiety than the waitlist group
Interventions
PROCEDUREArm I (Prepectoral)
Participants followed the Self-Guided Virtual Reality-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for 4 weeks.
OTHERArm II (Subpectoral)
Participants followed the Self-Guided Virtual Reality-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for 4 weeks.
Sponsors
Gangnam Severance Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
19 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
\- Meet Diagnostic Statistical Manual criteria for panic disorder(with or without agoraphobia) . No change in drug dosage during the study period
Exclusion criteria
\- Patients with a history of major neurological or significant medical illness, or met the diagnostic criteria of current substance misuse
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Panic Disorder Severity Scale | 4 weeks | The Panic Disorder Severity Scale consists of 7 items, each rated on a 5-point scale that assesses panic frequency, distress during panic, panic-focused anticipatory anxiety, phobic avoidance of situations, phobic avoidance of physical sensations, impairment in work functioning, and impairment in social functioning |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression | 4 weeks | The Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression is a depression assessment scale and contains 17 items pertaining to symptoms of depression experienced over the past week |
| The State and Trait Anxiety questionnaire | 4 weeks | The State and Trait Anxiety questionnaire is has 20 items for assessing trait anxiety and 20 for state anxiety |
| The Korean Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology | 4 weeks | The Korean Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology is a self-report questionnaire that comprises symptoms of depression including melancholic, atypical and anxious symptoms |
| The Perceived Stress Scale | 4 weeks | The Perceived Stress Scale is is a measure of the degree to which situations in one's life are appraised as stressful |
| The heart rate variability | 4 weeks | The heart rate variability is the physiological recordings of the variation in the time interval between consecutive heartbeats in milliseconds |
| The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale | 4 weeks | The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale is a 14-item scale that has anxiety and depression subscales; |
| The Body Sensations Questionnaire | 4 weeks | The Body Sensations Questionnaire is a 17-item 5-point Likert scale that evaluates how afraid and anxious a patient is when he/she feels the physical sensation of each item in an unstable state |
| The Anxiety Sensitivity Index | 4 weeks | The Anxiety Sensitivity Index is a 16-item measure tapping the fear of anxiety sensations, which is known to be a risk factor for the development of panic. |
| The Albany Panic and Phobia Questionnaire | 4 weeks | The Albany Panic and Phobia Questionnaire is a 27-item 9-point Likert scale that was designed to measure the distinct dimension of fear in various situations, and has three subscales: social phobia, agoraphobia, and interoceptive fear |
Countries
South Korea
Outcome results
None listed