Middelgerelateerde en verslavingsstoornissen alcohol addiction Alcohol use disorder
Conditions
Interventions
During the VR CET participants will receive an hour of VR CET twice a week for
5 subsequent weeks, 10 hours in total. The regular CBT protocol for addiction
care will be used as a guideline, in whic
Sponsors
Parnassia (Den Haag)
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 64 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Alcohol use disorder
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Severe interfering psychiatric disorders (acute mood disorders, acute psychotic disorders and neuropsychiatric disorders).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The main parameter is subjective craving. Subjective craving will be measured with questionnaires and participants will be asked to fill in the ASI, Mate CRIMI: verlangen and VAS before each treatment session. After the treatment session participants will be asked to fill in the VAS again. Three months after the last session participants will be asked to answer all the questionnaires mentioned above once more. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary parameter will be physiological craving and self-efficacy, measured by self-report. The non-invasive physiological measures are heart rate variability and skin conductance, which will be measured with the Biopac software. Third, after each virtual reality session, participants will be asked to fill in the therapy evaluation scale to investigate how participants experienced the virtual reality cue exposure therapy. Also, alcohol relapse will be monitored through self-report and routine urine drug monitoring. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed