Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Driving Phobia Disorder (2): System Refinement and Verification

Trappey, Amy J.C.; Trappey, Charles V.; Chang, Chia Ming; Tsai, Meng Chao; Kuo, Routine R. T.; Lin, Aislyn P.C.

doi:10.3390/app11010347

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“…Numerous studies have reported that VR-aided therapy can help patients maintain both physical and mental health. For instance, VR integrated with cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) or exposure therapy (ET) can improve mental illnesses, such as public speaking anxiety [16] and driving phobias [17]. For physical diseases, VR-based sports games have been found to improve upper limb motor function and the daily autonomy of stroke survivors [18].…”

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Virtual Reality Aided Therapy towards Health 4.0: A Two-Decade Bibliometric Analysis

Liu

Ren

Xiao

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Health 4.0 aligns with Industry 4.0 and encourages the application of the latest technologies to healthcare. Virtual reality (VR) is a potentially significant component of the Health 4.0 vision. Though VR in health care is a popular topic, there is little knowledge of VR-aided therapy from a macro perspective. Therefore, this paper was aimed to explore the research of VR in aiding therapy, thus providing a potential guideline for futures application of therapeutic VR in healthcare towards Health 4.0. A mixed research method was adopted for this research, which comprised the use of a bibliometric analysis (a quantitative method) to conduct a macro overview of VR-aided therapy, the identification of significant research structures and topics, and a qualitative review of the literature to reveal deeper insights. Four major research areas of VR-aided therapy were identified and investigated, i.e., post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and fear related disorder (A&F), diseases of the nervous system (DNS), and pain management, including related medical conditions, therapies, methods, and outcomes. This study is the first to use VOSviewer, a commonly used software tool for constructing and visualizing bibliometric networks and developed by Center for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University, the Netherlands, to conduct bibliometric analyses on VR-aided therapy from the perspective of Web of Science core collection (WoSc), which objectively and visually shows research structures and topics, therefore offering instructive insights for health care stakeholders (particularly researchers and service providers) such as including integrating more innovative therapies, emphasizing psychological benefits, using game elements, and introducing design research. The results of this paper facilitate with achieving the vision of Health 4.0 and illustrating a two-decade (2000 to year 2020) map of pre-life of the Health Metaverse.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Virtual Reality Aided Therapy towards Health 4.0: A Two-Decade Bibliometric Analysis

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Ren

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“…The experiments collected the physiological feedback of subjects using the biosensors. The results show that the subjects have a higher evaluation of the immersive experience after the system is optimized [17]. In addition, the results of the meta-analysis demonstrate that VR can be used as an effective intervention to distract patients with needle-related surgery and relieve pain in children [18].…”

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confidence: 94%

A Test Platform for Managing School Stress Using a Virtual Reality Group Chatbot Counseling System

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Student life causes many sources of stress due to the requirements of managing schoolwork, family, friends, health and wellbeing, and future career planning. Some students are overwhelmed and lack resilience to overcome stress, especially if they are inexperienced in managing setbacks, fail to achieve expectations, or lack skills to independently manage social skills, recreation, and study time. The long-term accumulation of stress has a negative impact on students’ physical and mental health, and may lead to a range of symptoms such as depression, anxiety, headache, insomnia, and eating disorders. Although most universities provide psychological counseling services, there is often a shortage of professional psychologists, which leads to students suffering from stress for longer than necessary without immediate assistance. The build-up of stress can lead to tragic consequences including abnormal reasoning, anti-social behavior, and suicide. There should never be a need for a student to wait more than a month to make an appointment for counseling services and every request for help should be immediately addressed and assessed. In this research, we designed a unique test platform for an immersive virtual reality group chatbot counseling system so students can receive psychological help and stress management counseling anytime and anywhere. First, the research used questionnaires to measure the stress levels and identifies how stress affects their lives. An immersive virtual reality chatbot was developed using professional psychological counseling knowledge that can provide answers during individual or group counseling sessions. Students can log in to the platform as avatars and ask the chatbot questions or interact with other students on the platform. This research provides college students with a new technology-based counseling environment designed to help relieve stress and learn new ways to improve student life quality from others. The platform provides a test base for future clinical trials to evaluate and improve the automated virtual reality chatbot counseling system.

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“…Regarding older adults, all the articles reviewed focused on people with war trauma who use VR to improve their condition. Acrophobia 13 [38], [39], [40], [41], [42], [43], [44], [45], [46], [47], [48], [3 3], [34] Agoraphobia 8 [49], [50], [51], [52], [38], [53], [54], [5 5] Arachnophobia 7 [56], [57], [58], [59], [60], [61], [62] Claustrophobia 14 [63], [64], [65], [66], [67], [6 8], [69], [70], [71], [72], [73], [74], [75], [76] Fear of flying 10…”

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Virtual Reality as a Tool in the Treatment of Claustrophobia - A Review

Iparraguirre-Villanueva,

Perez-Benito,

Cabanillas-Carbonell

2023

IJETT

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Within the context of psychology, virtual reality (VR) is presented as a technological tool to address and treat the symptoms of claustrophobia. Claustrophobia is distinguished by a fear of small or enclosed environments, which can be a challenge for conventional treatments. This research work focused on conducting a detailed analysis of the existing literature on using VR as an alternative tool to treat claustrophobia symptoms. The research results indicated that treatment with VR technology may be effective in providing a controlled and safe way to expose patients to situations such as those they fear, allowing them to overcome their fears more effectively. This review article provides a comprehensive analysis of the use of VR to treat claustrophobia. A total of 384 manuscripts from different virtual databases were analyzed, from which 61 major articles were selected. The results showed that VR allows for treating different types of phobias such as Acrophobia, Agoraphobia, Arachnophobia, claustrophobia, Fear of flying, Fear of public speaking and Fear of injections, achieving significant patient results. Studies have proven the effectiveness of VR in reducing the symptoms of claustrophobia, and it is anticipated that it will continue to be an important tool in the future.

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Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Driving Phobia Disorder (2): System Refinement and Verification

Cited by 14 publications

References 14 publications

Virtual Reality Aided Therapy towards Health 4.0: A Two-Decade Bibliometric Analysis

Virtual Reality Aided Therapy towards Health 4.0: A Two-Decade Bibliometric Analysis

A Test Platform for Managing School Stress Using a Virtual Reality Group Chatbot Counseling System

Virtual Reality as a Tool in the Treatment of Claustrophobia - A Review

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