0-phobia: towards a virtual cure for specific phobias
Completed
- Conditions
- Specific phobia: Acrophobia, fear of heights. <br />Specifieke fobie: hoogtevrees
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON27979
- Lead Sponsor
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Brief Summary
not yet
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 180
Inclusion Criteria
In order to be eligible to participate in this study, a subject must meet all of the following criteria:
-are between 18-64 years old
Exclusion Criteria
A potential subject who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:
-present with symptoms of severe depression or suicidality respectively as measured with the PHQ-9; total score > 19 or a score 3 on the suicidal ideation question of the WSQ, (Donker et al. 2009)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The main study parameters are the post-test differences in anxiety symptoms between the experimental and control condition, and follow-up differences in anxiety symptoms between baseline and follow-up in the experimental condition.<br>The main parameter will be the 20-item anxiety subscale of the Acrophobia Questionnaire (AQ, Cohen; 1977). The anxiety subscale has a 7-point Likert scale (‘not anxious’ to ‘extremely anxious’), total score 0-120.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method