Virtual reality-assisted cognitive behavioural therapy for outpatients with alcohol use disorder (CRAVR): a protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a brain disorder linked to over 200 health conditions. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is considered the best practice in the treatment of AUD, but more than 60% of patients relapse within the first year after treatment. Psychotherapy combined with virtual reality (VR) has received increasing interest in the treatment of AUD. However, existing studies have primarily investigated the use of VR for cue reactivity. We therefore aimed to investigate the effect of VR-assisted CBT (VR-CBT).

Methods and analysis

This study is an assessor-blinded, randomised clinical trial being conducted at three outpatient clinics in Denmark. We will randomise 102 patients to 14 individual sessions of either manualised VR-CBT or CBT. The VR-CBT group

SUBMITTER: Thaysen-Petersen D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10069573 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature