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Effect of Virtual Reality-based Therapy on Negative Symptoms in People with Schizophrenia
Sponsor: Hospital de la Florida Dra. Eloiza Diaz
Summary
A randomised, controlled, double-blind clinical trial will be carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of a VR assisted treatment for negative symptoms in people with schizophrenia. Patients with a standardised diagnosis of schizophrenia meeting the inclusion criteria will receive 12 weekly sessions of VR assisted therapy plus treatment as usual (TAU). A control group will be exposed to a neutral VR environment plus TAU. The hypothesis is that patients who are treated with active VR assisted therapy will have less negative symptoms as rated by the PANSS-N scale, compared to the control group. The protocol was approved by the hospital ethics committee of the Servicio de Salud Metropolitano Suroriente. Patients sign an informed consent form, from which they may withdraw at any point during the intervention.
Official title: Effect of Virtual Reality-based Therapy on Negative Symptoms in People with Schizophrenia: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 65 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
102
Start Date
2022-05-02
Completion Date
2025-09
Last Updated
2024-09-19
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Virtual Reality Therapy for the Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia
VRTNSS is a 12-session therapy using psychological intervention principles. Each therapy session will involve engaging with different VR based tasks where participants can experience different activities.
Sham- VR
Patients will attend to VR sessions without the software created activities for treatment (sham-VR).
Locations (1)
Hospital Clínico La Florida
Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile