Reconnecting to Ourselves and Others in Virtual Meetings (ROOM)

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Mood Disorders; Psychotic Disorders; Anxiety Disorders
• Interventions: Behavioral: Resilience Training

• Registration Number: NCT06360562
• Lead Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital

Brief Summary

This study aimed to determine the feasibility and acceptability of delivering Resilience Training in multi-user virtual reality.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-09-15
• Study First Submitted: 2023-08-29
• Status Verified: 2024-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-04-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-04-10
• Study First Posted: 2024-04-11
• Last Update Posted: 2024-04-11
• Primary Completion: 2025-01-30
• Study Completion: 2025-04-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 174

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

1. Inability to provide informed consent
2. Not proficient in English
3. Acute symptoms of a psychiatric illness needing immediate care (such as acute psychotic symptoms, current suicidality, serious active alcohol or substance use, marked deterioration in functioning over the prior month) determined by self-report that necessitates close monitoring or inpatient or partial hospitalization.
4. Enrolled in current psychotherapy with frequency of more than once per month

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Resilience Training	Resilience Training	A 6 1-hour session group based intervention to deliver mindfulness, metallization, and self-compassion.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Discomfort with Others	Before the intervention, 6 weeks later, and 6 months later	Discomfort with others is measured on a brief scale rated on a Likert scale of 1-5, asking three questions, how frequently someone feels discomfort with others, how intensely they feel it, and a multiple choice selection of reasons they may feel discomfort with others. Higher ratings indicate more discomfort with others.
Intervention Feasibility and Acceptability	Before the intervention, 6 weeks later, and 6 months later	This measure includes participant attendance, with more attendance of the intervention indicating better feasibility and acceptability.
Penn Emotion Recognition Test	Before the intervention, 6 weeks later, and 6 months later	The Penn Emotion Recognition Test (ER-40) is a 15-minute computer task which involves identifying the emotion (sadness, anger, etc.) expressed by a variety of face images with 5 possible options, was used to measure emotion recognition ability. The total score ranges from 0-40, with individual sub-scores for happy, sad, angry, fearful, and neutral expressions.
Stop Distance Paradigm	Before the intervention, 6 weeks later, and 6 months later	The Stop Distance Paradigm is a reliable way to measure ones personal space. The larger the number, the larger the person stands from others. This scale is rated by centimeters from zero (no personal space) to as many as the person chooses. This task was done in person, through Zoom, and in virtual reality.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Prodromal Questionnaire- Brief	Before the intervention, 6 weeks later, and 6 months later	The Prodromal Questionnaire- Brief (PQ-B) is a 21-item self-report survey assessing psychotic experiences such as common delusional experiences (e.g. paranoia, grandiosity, ideas of reference) and perceptual aberrations (e.g. experiences of being controlled, mind reaching, etc.). and distress related to them. Each item is scored on a 0 to 5 scale. The total score is rated across the 21 items ranging between 0 and 105 with higher scores indicating more severe psychotic experiences.
Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale	Before the intervention, 6 weeks later, and 6 months later	The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) is a 25-item self-report scale obtaining ratings of one's level of coping and emotional resilience. It is rated on a scale of 0-100, with higher scores indicate one has more coping skills and more emotional resilience.
Beck Depression Inventory	Before the intervention, 6 weeks later, and 6 months later	The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) is a 21-item self-report assessment obtaining ratings of one's level of depression on a Likert scale of 0-63, with higher scores indicating more depressive symptoms.
Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory	Before the intervention, 6 weeks later, and 6 months later	The Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) is a 20-item self-report scale obtaining ratings of one's anxiety, both those that are trait like and ongoing, and those that are state like and temporary. Scores range from 0-120, with higher scores indicate higher levels of anxiety symptoms.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Massachusetts General Hospital; 🇺🇸 Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States