NCT06214039

Virtual Reality Exposure for Public Speaking Anxiety

Virtual Reality Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Public Speaking Anxiety

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Vilnius University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aims to examine the efficacy of exposure using virtual reality (VR) for public speaking anxiety in young adults in two treatment arms: a one-session VR exposure therapy with a 4-week online transition intervention versus a three-session VR exposure therapy with a 4-week online transition intervention. Previous studies have demonstrated that one-session therapy (OST) is comparable to prolonged exposure-based therapies in terms of effectively reducing public speaking anxiety. Moreover, VR offers many benefits compared to in-person exposure, namely the ability to produce anxiety-evoking stimuli without having to leave the therapist's room. However, OST VR exposure has not been directly compared to prolonged VR exposure and not for public speaking anxiety.

Conditions

• Public Speaking Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Exposure in virtual reality and text based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for public speaking anxiety	A 3-hour one session exposure therapy for public speaking anxiety

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-02-14
• Primary completion: 2025-05-01
• Completion: 2026-05-01
• First posted: 2024-01-19
• Last updated: 2024-05-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Lithuania