基于虚拟现实的暴露与360°环境的社会焦虑障碍:可用性和可行性研究
Mathias Ernst1,2, Stéphane Bouchard3,4, Tonny Andersen2
1Center for Digital Psychiatry, Mental Health Services in the Region of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
JMIR formative research
|October 21, 2024
概括
虚拟现实 (VR) 暴露疗法对社会焦虑障碍 (SAD) 显示出前景. 患有SAD的患者在VR中经历了增加的焦虑,这表明它作为管理社会恐惧的治疗工具的潜力.
科学领域:
- 精神病学和行为科学
- 人与计算机的交互
- 虚拟现实应用 虚拟现实应用
背景情况:
- 社会焦虑障碍 (SAD) 是一种普遍存在的心理健康状况,其特点是对社交场合的强烈恐惧.
- 对于SAD来说,传统的认知行为疗法 (CBT) 虽然有效,但由于暴露成分,患者的坚持面临挑战.
- 基于虚拟现实 (VR) 的暴露疗法正在成为一种潜在的替代方案,但其可行性需要进一步调查.
研究的目的:
- 评估四个不同的360度虚拟环境的可用性和可行性,用于SAD治疗.
- 评估这些VR环境在被诊断患有SAD的个体中诱导焦虑的能力.
- 测量参与者在虚拟环境中体验的存在感.
主要方法:
- 采用混合方法方法,将定量和定性数据收集相结合.
- 十名患有SAD的成年参与者和十名健康对照者接受了一次实验性会议.
- 通过问卷和采访收集数据,并使用三角设计进行分析.
主要成果:
- 与对照组相比,患有SAD的参与者在VR暴露期间报告了显著更高的焦虑水平.
- 虚拟现实环境被认为是SAD患者暴露治疗的相关和有用工具.
- 在SAD组中观察到较低的存在分数,定性数据表明由于观察者效应和有限的相互作用而减少存在.
结论:
- 使用360度视频的VR曝光似乎是SAD曝光疗法的可行初步步骤.
- 需要进一步的研究来探索VR对SAD的临床应用以及增强存在感的方法.
- 这些发现支持VR作为管理社会焦虑障碍的补充工具的潜力.
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