EVEN - Effects of VR on Empathy for Nature in Patients with Psychosis and Depressive Disorders

NCT ID: NCT06446856

Last Updated: 2024-09-20

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-05-27

Study Completion Date

2024-06-30

Brief Summary

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Study group: Experimental study to evaluate empathy, compassion, and nature connectedness before and after an immersive virtual reality experience in patients with depressive disorder, patients with psychotic disorder and healthy control subjects (subjects between 18 and 65 years of age).

Primary hypothesis: The increase in nature connectedness explored by virtual body ownership of a tree in VR differs depending on the health condition (schizophrenia, depression, healthy controls).

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Depressive Disorder Schizophrenia Healthy Control

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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VR study group

20 patients with depressive disorder

VR application

Intervention Type DEVICE

The VR application consists of a software ("Tree") developed as part of a research project at MIT and legally acquired via the HTC store Viveport. Duration of the VR application: approx. 5 min.

VR active control group

20 patients with psychotic disorder.

VR application

Intervention Type DEVICE

The VR application consists of a software ("Tree") developed as part of a research project at MIT and legally acquired via the HTC store Viveport. Duration of the VR application: approx. 5 min.

VR healthy control group

20 patients with no psychiatric disorder

VR application

Intervention Type DEVICE

The VR application consists of a software ("Tree") developed as part of a research project at MIT and legally acquired via the HTC store Viveport. Duration of the VR application: approx. 5 min.

Interventions

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VR application

The VR application consists of a software ("Tree") developed as part of a research project at MIT and legally acquired via the HTC store Viveport. Duration of the VR application: approx. 5 min.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* age: 18-65 years
* Inpatients and outpatients treated at the Psychiatric University Clinic of the Charité at St.

Hedwig Hospital

* diagnosis of depressive disorder (ICD-10: F32.X, F33.X) or diagnosis of schizophrenia (F20.X) or healthy controls without psychiatric diagnosis
* able to provide written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Acute suicidality or danger to others
* Primarily treatment-requiring eating disorder
* Acute dermatological condition affecting the hands that can distort skin conductivity measurements
* Control group: psychiatric or psychosomatic pre-diagnoses (except for the psychiatric active control group), other exclusion diagnoses corresponding to the patient group
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Universität Potsdam, Department Erziehungswissenschaft, Arbeitsbereich Schulbezogene Medienbildung

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Charite University, Berlin, Germany

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Alva Lütt

Dr. med. Alva Lütt, MD

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Psychiatric University Hospital Charité at St. Hedwig Hospital

Berlin, , Germany

Site Status

Countries

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Germany

Other Identifiers

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EA2/046/24

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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