Immersive Virtual Reality & Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

98 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-02-13

Study Completion Date

2024-02-12

Brief Summary

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Immersive VR (IVR) is based on the generation and projection of images from different perspectives. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is considered one of the 5 most common mental disorders and one of the 20 most disabling diseases according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Its vital prevalence is about 2.5%. This study aims to establish the effectiveness of a cognitive-behavioral intervention - individual and group - using IVR in patients diagnosed with OCD compared to a group receiving standard treatment by the Mental Health Center. A sample will be obtained from the list of all patients registered in the Mental Health Service of the University Hospital of Vic (Vic, Catalonia) with the primary or secondary diagnosis of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM 5) and in active treatment status in the period between January 2021 and January 2023. Randomized controlled clinical trial. Variables: sociodemographic, clinical, OCD symptom follow-up and quality of life. Measurement instruments: Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Immersive Tendencies Questionnaire (ITQ), Presence Questionnaire, EuroQoL-5D (EQ-5D). Inclusion criteria: Patients over 18 years of age with a primary or secondary diagnosis of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with one of the following specifiers: with good or acceptable introspection (1) or with little introspection (2); persons with current activity at the Mental Health Center. Exclusion criteria: patients with a diagnosis of intellectual disability, autistic spectrum disorder, active substance-related disorders, neuro-cognitive disorder and/or severe personality disorder; acute psychopathological decompensation; insufficient command of Catalan and/or Spanish; advanced disease and/or disease that significantly hinders the follow-up of the intervention.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intervention group

The intervention group will participate in a psychoeducational group (1) and in individual psychological intervention based in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (2).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Psychotherapy with Immersive Virtual Reality support.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Psychoeducational group intervention and cognitive behavioural therapy individual intervention.

Control group

Usual clinic care.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Psychotherapy with Immersive Virtual Reality support.

Psychoeducational group intervention and cognitive behavioural therapy individual intervention.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adults (≥18 years of age)
* Outpatient
* Current diagnostic of obsessive compulsive disorder with good or fair insight (1) or with poor insight (2)
* Follow-up by mental health network in Vic Hospital Consortium of Catalonia
* Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Intellectual disabilities
* Autism spectrum disorder
* Active substance-related disorders
* Neurocognitive disorders
* Several personality disorders
* Clinical acute psychotic relapse

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No