Improving the efficacy of exposure therapy using projection-based augmented reality for the treatment of cockroach phobia: a randomised clinical trial protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In vivo exposure is the treatment of choice for specific phobia (SP), but this technique presents limitations related to access and acceptability. Augmented reality (AR) offers advantages like maximising strategies such as 'variability' (varying stimuli, durations, levels of intensity or the order of the items), control by the therapist, or 'exposure to multiple contexts', which can produce positive effects in terms of fear renewal and generalisation of the results. The aim of this study is to test the efficacy of varying the phobic stimuli during treatment with AR: using multiple stimuli (MS) versus a single stimulus (SS) in participants with SP.

Methods and analysis

Participants (N=80) with a diagnosis of an SP of cockroaches will be randomised into two condit

SUBMITTER: Palau-Batet M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10201237 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature