ZeroPhobia: Towards a virtual cure for avio- and arachnophobia

Conditions: specific phobia fear of flying/spiders
10002861

Registration Number: NL-OMON49232

Lead Sponsor: Vrije Universiteit

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 263

Inclusion Criteria

- Aviophobia: scoring above 56 on the Flight Anxiety Situations
questionnaire (FAS; van Gerwen et al., 1999; 2018; Nousi et al., 2008)
- Arachnophobia: scoring above 80 on the Fear of Spiders Questionnaire (FSQ;
Szymanski & O*Donohue, 1995)
- between 18-64 years old
- have access to a smart phone and internet
- must live in the Netherlands and have a Dutch telephone number
- willing to participate in the research study and providing informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

- have insufficient knowledge of the Dutch language
- *are under current treatment for specific phobia or psychotropic medication
(unless on stable dosage for the previous 3 months and no changes planned
during the study period)

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The most important outcome measurements are the Fear of Flying Questionnaire,<br /><br>'Flight Anxiety Situations questionnaire' (FAS; van Gerwen et al., 1999), and<br /><br>the Fear of Spiders Questionnaire (FSQ, Szymanski & O*Donohue, 1995). The FAS<br /><br>is a 32-item self-report flight anxiety questionnaire. The anxiety subscale has<br /><br>a 7-point Likert-scale ('no anxiety' to 'very severe anxiety'). The total score<br /><br>can be between 0 - 115. The FSQ is a 18-item self report spider anxiety<br /><br>questionnaire. .</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures