VR Embodiment for Stress Evaluation in a Return to Work Simulation

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Burnout; Virtual Reality; Stress
• Interventions: Other: Observation; Other: Embodiment

• Registration Number: NCT05379764
• Lead Sponsor: Clinique Saint-Jean, Bruxelles

Brief Summary

Comparing the emotional effect of two different versions of one VR experience. The VR experience will simulate a typical return to work situation after an absence due to burnout.

The difference of the VR scenario is the point of view. In the first version, the 'standard' version, the user is looking at the VR experience from a neutral point of view, as if s/he was watching a 2D screen. In the second version, the 'embodiment' version, a VR features is added to have the user feeling incarnated in a digital human. This will enhance the feeling of being present in the virtual world and will enhance the emotional answer. The measured endpoint will be the evoked emotions, in particular stress.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2022-05
• Study First Submitted: 2022-05-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-05-13
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-05-13
• Study First Posted: 2022-05-18
• Last Update Posted: 2022-05-18
• Study Start: 2022-06
• Primary Completion: 2022-08
• Study Completion: 2022-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• working in the office building where the study will be conducted

Exclusion Criteria

• neurologic disorder precluding the use of VR goggles (epilepsy, ...),
• facial wounds precluding the use of VR goggles.
• a preliminary test evaluating the stress level will be conducted, DASS -21: stress levels above moderate is an exclusion criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
observation group	Observation	This group will view the VR scenario from a third persons perspective , as an observer.
Embodiment group	Embodiment	This group this group will view the VR scenario being 'embodied' in the avatar who is experiencing the VR scenario. This implies first persons perspective, agency over the avatar, multi-sensorial integration and co-location.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
measured stress level	this will be evaluated after the intervention and will take 15 min.	This is measured with a Visual Analogue Scale from 1-10 and with the DASS-21, subscale stress

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
plausibility illusion and place illusion	20 min after intervention	Answering the question: is it possible that it happens and that it happens here?. Assessed together with the level of embodiment, also with a questionnaire.
measured Emotional level	15 min, before (baseline) and after the intervention	general emotional level, measured with the PANAS scale
measured stress baseline	15min, before the intervention	This is measured with a Visual Analogue Scale from 1-10 and with the DASS-21, subscale
embodiment evaluation	20 min after the intervention	measuring the level of embodiment experienced by the user