NCT06446856

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

EVEN - Effects of VR on Empathy for Nature in Patients with Psychosis and Depressive Disorders / Effekte Von Virtueller Realität (VR) Auf Naturverbundenheit Und Empathie in Patient:innen Mit Psychotischen Und Depressiven Erkrankungen

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Charite University, Berlin, Germany · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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).

Conditions

• Depressive Disorder
• Schizophrenia
• Healthy Control

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-05-27
• Primary completion: 2024-06-30
• Completion: 2024-06-30
• First posted: 2024-06-06
• Last updated: 2024-09-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany