Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Agoraphobia
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Mental Health - AnxietyAgoraphobia
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12609000959279
- Lead Sponsor
- Macquarie University (Psychology Dpt)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 35
Inclusion Criteria
Diagnosis of Agoraphobia with or without Panic disorder
Exclusion Criteria
pregnancy, epilepsy, severe organic condition, Heart arrhythmia, vestibular syndrome, substance abuse, discontinuation in the psychiatric treatment, psychosis (schizoid or not schizoid) and absence of competence in use of English
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Anxiety Sensitivity Index ASI (Peterson 1993). This instrument is a 16-item questionnaire which rate the fear of anxiety-related symptoms[At Baseline, after last therapeutic session and 6 months Follow Up];Agoraphobia cognitions questionnaire ACQ (Chambless 1984) is 5 points scale questionnaires comprising 14 items to rate the intensity of thoughts regarding agoraphobia cognitions.[At Baseline, after last therapeutic session and 6 months Follow Up];Mobility inventory for agoraphobia MIA, part 1 (Chambless 1985). This a 5 point Likert scale rating the severity of behavioural avoidance of situations dreaded by the agoraphobics[At Baseline, after last therapeutic session and 6 months Follow Up];Behavioral Avoidance Test BAT. Classic objective behavioural measures of phobia intensity and clinical progress.[At Baseline, after last therapeutic session and 6 months Follow Up]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Depression Anxiety Stress Scales DASS 21 (Lovibond 1995) is a 21-items subjective questionnaire that uses a 4 point scale to measure mood and depressive symptoms, anxiety and stress[At Baseline, after last therapeutic session and 6 months Follow Up]