Follow the Dot to Beat your Anxiety - Using EMDR in Virtual Reality at home to diminish trauma and anxiety in youth

Recruiting

Conditions: Post-traumatic stress disorder
Trauma-related anxiety
10002861

Registration Number: NL-OMON52058

Lead Sponsor: niversiteit van Tilburg

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 208

Inclusion Criteria

1. Aged 8-17 years.
2. Able to read/write and communicate in the Dutch language.
3. Indication for EMDR linked to a traumatic event or life-event causing
symptoms of anxiety or PTSD, resulting in clinically significant distress or
impairment.
4. Experiencing >1 symptoms of avoidance or safety behavior (either avoiding or
making efforts to avoid distressing memories, thoughts or feelings and/or
avoiding or making efforts to avoid external reminders).
5. Supporting family system

Exclusion Criteria

1. Complex Trauma (cumulative poly-victimization that is typically
interpersonal in nature and involves direct harm, exploitation or
neglect/abandonment by caregivers.
2. The presence of symptoms in more urgent need of treatment (e.g. suicidal
intent/acts, acute psychosis).
3. Starting (new) psychotropic medication three months prior to the start of
the trial, OR during the EMDR treatment.
4. An IQ<80 as estimated by the therapist or based on information contained in
the clinical record.
5. Following other psychological treatment simultaneously with the EMDR
treatment (starting from baseline to post-test).

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Main study points are the changes in anxiety symptoms, post-traumatic stress<br /><br>symptoms, and avoidance behaviour after intervention.<br /><br>Effectivity is defined as decreased anxiety, less relapse of posttraumatic<br /><br>stress symptoms and longer-lasting extinction of avoidance behaviors.<br /><br></p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Secondary study parameters are changes in depressive symptoms, quality of life<br /><br>and parental distress. Moreover, treatment satisfaction and treatment<br /><br>characteristics will be assessed as secondary study parameters, including the<br /><br>following: Number of face-to-face sessions needed; number of VR-based sessions<br /><br>needed; duration per VR-based session; early termination yes/no; intensity<br /><br>settings of VR-based EMDR; description of the FT; all VoC (validity of<br /><br>cognition) scoring of the FT.<br /><br>Furthermore, emotions and emotion regulation will be measured using the<br /><br>experience sampling method (ESM).</p><br>