Effectiveness and User Experience of Virtual Reality for Social Anxiety Disorder: Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a debilitating psychiatric disorder that affects occupational and social functioning. Virtual reality (VR) therapies can provide effective treatment for people with SAD. However, with rapid innovations in immersive VR technology, more contemporary research is required to examine the effectiveness and concomitant user experience outcomes (ie, safety, usability, acceptability, and attrition) of emerging VR interventions for SAD.

Objective

The aim of this systematic review was to examine the effectiveness and user experience of contemporary VR interventions among people with SAD.

Methods

The Cochrane Library, Emcare, PsycINFO, PubMed, ScienceDirect, Scopus, and Web of Science databases were searched between January 1, 2012, and

SUBMITTER: Shahid S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10884902 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature