Reducing Social Avoidance Among Adolescents With Special Educational Needs

Status Not yet recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to examine the effectiveness of a Virtual Reality (VR) social avoidance intervention in reducing social avoidance symptoms among adolescents with special educational needs. Participants will complete tasks in the VR scenario with increasing difficulty and learn that they can cope in situations that they previously avoid. We hypothesize that, comparing with usual care (i.e. waitlist control), the intervention group will experience a significant reduction on social avoidance symptoms after treatment and this benefit will persist till 1-month follow-up.

Clinical Trial Description

Over the past 25 years, VR has been used to complement therapist-delivered psychological interventions, primarily exposure therapy for anxiety related disorders. VR renders real-world social interactions simulation, which allows users to experience an anxiety provoking situation with a greater sense of control. In Hong Kong, with the lack of mental health professionals being a perennial problem, VR-based interventions offer the potential to substantially reduce the treatment time and cost, as well as to increase access to evidence-based psychological interventions. The Virtual Reality (VR) social avoidance intervention used in the current study is designed based on cognitive-behavioral approach with a virtual coach acting as the therapist. It is designed in tandem with input from Hong Kong users to ensure the scenario can resonate with them. ;

Study Design

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Social Anxiety

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT06450665
Study type	Interventional
Source	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Contact	Xiaohua Sylvia Chen
Phone	34003696
Email	sylvia.chen@polyu.edu.hk
Status	Not yet recruiting
Phase	N/A
Start date	June 20, 2024
Completion date	May 31, 2025

View Details

See also
Status	Clinical Trial	Phase
Completed	`NCT05168020` - Evaluation of a Self-Monitoring Intervention to Reduce Safety Behavior in Social Anxiety	N/A
Not yet recruiting	`NCT06020170` - Delving Into Participation Patterns in Social Anxiety Studies
Completed	`NCT03297619` - Self-help Books for Social Anxiety	N/A
Completed	`NCT04509531` - Building Resilience in Cyberbullying Victims	N/A
Recruiting	`NCT04859790` - Acceptability/Feasibility Testing of SCAR	N/A
Completed	`NCT05576259` - oVRcome - Self Guided Virtual Reality for Social Anxiety Disorder	N/A
Completed	`NCT05858294` - The Safety, Acceptability and Efficacy of Alena	N/A
Completed	`NCT04450303` - Social Anxiety Telehealth Therapy Study	N/A
Completed	`NCT03601377` - Attention Bias Modification Treatment in Social Anxiety	N/A
Completed	`NCT03671577` - Building Closer Friendships in Social Anxiety Disorder	N/A
Not yet recruiting	`NCT06081348` - Sertraline vs. Placebo in the Treatment of Anxiety in Children and AdoLescents With NeurodevelopMental Disorders	Phase 2
Recruiting	`NCT05554718` - Evaluation of a Smartphone Application for Self-help for Social Anxiety	N/A
Completed	`NCT02534948` - Feasibility Study of Mindfulness and Acceptance Based Group Therapy for Social Anxiety	N/A
Completed	`NCT03249116` - Assessing Mechanisms of Anxiety Reduction in Animal-assisted Interventions	N/A
Completed	`NCT05159037` - Using the Musical Track From GC-MRT as a Treatment Booster in Stressful Situations	N/A
Completed	`NCT03711513` - Facing Fears by Focussing on Behaviour, Body, or Mind?	N/A
Completed	`NCT04845100` - Animal Assisted Activities on the Stress and Social Anxiety	N/A
Active, not recruiting	`NCT04276363` - Families, Children and Teachers Thriving Together	N/A
Completed	`NCT05372744` - Affect-regulatory Characteristics of Deceptive Placebos	N/A
Recruiting	`NCT05798078` - The Relationship Between Social Anxiety and Anxious Thinking Styles	N/A