VR Embodiment for Stress Evaluation in a Return to Work Simulation

NCT ID: NCT05379764

Last Updated: 2022-05-18

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 40 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-06-30
• Study Completion Date: 2022-11-30

Brief Summary

Comparing the emotional effect of two different versions of one VR experience. The VR experience will simulate a typical return to work situation after an absence due to burnout.

The difference of the VR scenario is the point of view. In the first version, the 'standard' version, the user is looking at the VR experience from a neutral point of view, as if s/he was watching a 2D screen. In the second version, the 'embodiment' version, a VR features is added to have the user feeling incarnated in a digital human. This will enhance the feeling of being present in the virtual world and will enhance the emotional answer. The measured endpoint will be the evoked emotions, in particular stress.

Conditions

Virtual Reality; Stress; Burnout

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

Embodiment group

This group this group will view the VR scenario being 'embodied' in the avatar who is experiencing the VR scenario. This implies first persons perspective, agency over the avatar, multi-sensorial integration and co-location.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Embodiment

Intervention Type: OTHER

Embodiment of a real human in a virtual human (avatar) means that the real human feels incarnated in the avatar. This happens when the real human sees the VRscenario from first person perspective, that the real human can make the avatar move (=agency over the avatar), multi-sensorial integration (=there is a link between the brain of the real human and the avatar. Example, when the avatar sits on a chair, the real human will too and he feels that he is sitting on a chair. Or when the avatar is moving the real human is doing the same movement (and of course the brain of the real human is aware of this movement)) and co-location (= avatar and real human have the sane posture).

observation group

This group will view the VR scenario from a third persons perspective , as an observer.

Group Type: SHAM_COMPARATOR

Observation

Intervention Type: OTHER

The person is looking at the VR scenario as if s/he was looking at a TV

Interventions

Embodiment

Embodiment of a real human in a virtual human (avatar) means that the real human feels incarnated in the avatar. This happens when the real human sees the VRscenario from first person perspective, that the real human can make the avatar move (=agency over the avatar), multi-sensorial integration (=there is a link between the brain of the real human and the avatar. Example, when the avatar sits on a chair, the real human will too and he feels that he is sitting on a chair. Or when the avatar is moving the real human is doing the same movement (and of course the brain of the real human is aware of this movement)) and co-location (= avatar and real human have the sane posture).

Intervention Type: OTHER

Observation

The person is looking at the VR scenario as if s/he was looking at a TV

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• working in the office building where the study will be conducted

Exclusion Criteria

• neurologic disorder precluding the use of VR goggles (epilepsy, …),
• facial wounds precluding the use of VR goggles.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Clinique Saint-Jean, Bruxelles

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Dr. Arnaud Bosteels

Medical Doctor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Central Contacts

Arnaud Bosteels, MD

Role: CONTACT

abosteels@clstjean.be

02 221 97 62 ext. + 32

Other Identifiers

VRSTEVAR01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id