VR Embodiment for Stress Evaluation in a Return to Work Simulation

NCT05379764 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: VRSTEVAR01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Comparing the emotional effect of two different versions of one VR experience. The VR experience will simulate a typical return to work situation after an absence due to burnout. The difference of the VR scenario is the point of view. In the first version, the 'standard' version, the user is looking at the VR experience from a neutral point of view, as if s/he was watching a 2D screen. In the second version, the 'embodiment' version, a VR features is added to have the user feeling incarnated in a digital human. This will enhance the feeling of being present in the virtual world and will enhance the emotional answer. The measured endpoint will be the evoked emotions, in particular stress.

Conditions

Virtual Reality; Stress; Burnout

Keywords

Virtual reality; stress; embodiment; Burnout

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• measured stress level

  This is measured with a Visual Analogue Scale from 1-10 and with the DASS-21, subscale stress

  this will be evaluated after the intervention and will take 15 min.

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• measured Emotional level

  15 min, before (baseline) and after the intervention

• measured stress baseline

  15min, before the intervention

• embodiment evaluation

  20 min after the intervention

• plausibility illusion and place illusion

  20 min after intervention

Study Arms (2)

Embodiment group

EXPERIMENTAL

This group this group will view the VR scenario being 'embodied' in the avatar who is experiencing the VR scenario. This implies first persons perspective, agency over the avatar, multi-sensorial integration and co-location.

Other: Embodiment

observation group

SHAM COMPARATOR

This group will view the VR scenario from a third persons perspective , as an observer.

Other: Observation

Interventions

Embodiment OTHER

Embodiment of a real human in a virtual human (avatar) means that the real human feels incarnated in the avatar. This happens when the real human sees the VRscenario from first person perspective, that the real human can make the avatar move (=agency over the avatar), multi-sensorial integration (=there is a link between the brain of the real human and the avatar. Example, when the avatar sits on a chair, the real human will too and he feels that he is sitting on a chair. Or when the avatar is moving the real human is doing the same movement (and of course the brain of the real human is aware of this movement)) and co-location (= avatar and real human have the sane posture).

Embodiment group

Observation OTHER

The person is looking at the VR scenario as if s/he was looking at a TV

observation group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• working in the office building where the study will be conducted

You may not qualify if:

• neurologic disorder precluding the use of VR goggles (epilepsy, …),
• facial wounds precluding the use of VR goggles.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Clinique Saint-Jean, Bruxelles: lead
• Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel: collaborator

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Burnout, Psychological

Interventions

Observation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Stress, Psychological; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Methods; Investigative Techniques

Central Study Contacts

Arnaud Bosteels, MD

CONTACT

02 221 97 62; abosteels@clstjean.be

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: The principal investigator and outcome assessor will have no idea who is in what arm. It will be another investigator who is randomising the participant.
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Medical Doctor

Model Details: Parallel single blind randomised controlled trial

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 13, 2022
• First Posted: May 18, 2022
• Study Start: June 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: August 1, 2022
• Study Completion: November 1, 2022
• Last Updated: May 18, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share