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doi:10.22028/D291-38221
Titel: | Effectiveness of a smartphone-based, augmented reality exposure app to reduce fear of spiders in real-life : A randomized controlled trial |
VerfasserIn: | Zimmer, Anja Wang, Nan Ibach, Merle K. Fehlmann, Bernhard Schicktanz, Nathalie S. Bentz, Dorothée Michael, Tanja Papassotiropoulos, Andreas de Quervain, Dominique J. F. |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Titel: | Journal of Anxiety Disorders |
Bandnummer: | 82 |
Verlag/Plattform: | Elsevier |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
Freie Schlagwörter: | Fear of spiders Specific phobia Smartphone-based AR exposure app Stand-alone Behavioural approach test |
DDC-Sachgruppe: | 150 Psychologie |
Dokumenttyp: | Journalartikel / Zeitschriftenartikel |
Abstract: | Although in vivo exposure therapy is highly effective in the treatment of specific phobias, only a minority of patients seeks therapy. Exposure to virtual objects has been shown to be better tolerated, equally efficacious, but the technology has not been made widely accessible yet. We developed an augmented reality (AR) application (app) to reduce fear of spiders and performed a randomized controlled trial comparing the effects of our app (six 30-min sessions at home over a two-week period) with no intervention. Primary outcome was subjective fear, measured by a Subjective Units of Distress Scale (SUDS) in a Behavioural Approach Test (BAT) in a real-life spider situation at six weeks follow-up. Between Oct 7, 2019, and Dec 6, 2019, 66 individuals were enrolled and randomized. The intervention led to significantly lower subjective fear in the BAT compared to the control group (intervention group, baseline: 7.12 [SD 2.03] follow-up: 5.03 [SD 2.19] vs. control group, baseline: 7.06 [SD 2.34], follow-up 6.24 [SD 2.21]; adjusted group difference -1.24, 95 % CI -2.17 to -0.31; Cohen’s d = 0.57, p = 0.010). The repeated use of the AR app reduces subjective fear in a real-life spider situation, providing a low-threshold and low-cost treatment for fear of spiders. |
DOI der Erstveröffentlichung: | 10.1016/j.janxdis.2021.102442 |
URL der Erstveröffentlichung: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S088761852100089X |
Link zu diesem Datensatz: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:291--ds-382211 hdl:20.500.11880/34491 http://dx.doi.org/10.22028/D291-38221 |
ISSN: | 0887-6185 |
Datum des Eintrags: | 25-Nov-2022 |
Bezeichnung des in Beziehung stehenden Objekts: | Supplementary data |
In Beziehung stehendes Objekt: | https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S088761852100089X-mmc1.pdf |
Fakultät: | HW - Fakultät für Empirische Humanwissenschaften und Wirtschaftswissenschaft |
Fachrichtung: | HW - Psychologie |
Professur: | HW - Prof. Dr. Tanja Michael |
Sammlung: | SciDok - Der Wissenschaftsserver der Universität des Saarlandes |
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