NCT05982548

The Use of a Virtual Reality Intervention on Stigma, Empathy and Attitudes Towards People With Psychotic Disorders

The Use of a Virtual Reality Intervention on Stigma, Empathy and Attitudes Towards People With Psychotic Disorders Among Mental Healthcare Professionals

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 180 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Institute of Mental Health, Singapore · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years – 99 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of a VR intervention on (1) stigma, (2) empathy and (3) attitudes towards those experiencing mental disorders. Participants will review a VR intervention, and complete questionnaires at pre-test, post-test and one month follow-up. Researchers will compare the VR intervention with a control VR intervention to evaluate the varying effects on stigma, empathy and attitudes towards those experiencing mental disorders.

Conditions

• Mental Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	VR intervention	VR intervention of no more than 7 minutes Participants viewed the home as a first person character and experience psychotic phenomena including auditory hallucinations.
OTHER	VR control intervention	VR intervention of no more than 7 minutes Participants viewed the same home as a first person character without psychotic phenomena

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-08-01
• Primary completion: 2024-07-17
• Completion: 2024-07-17
• First posted: 2023-08-08
• Last updated: 2023-10-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Singapore