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KMID : 0387420200310040279
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Korean Society of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
2020 Volume.31 No. 4 p.279 ~ p.288
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Domestic Trend Analysis of Virtual Reality Therapy for the Treatment Anxiety Disorders
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Cheong Moon-Joo
Kim Jee-Su
Lyu Yeoung-Su
Kang Hyung-Won
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Abstract
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Objectives: Many fields have changed since covid-19, psychotherapy being no exception. With the pandemic associated increase in untact treatment, interest in virtual reality exposure therapy has also increased. The aim of study was to analyze recent literature using virtual reality therapy for the treatment of anxiety disorders.
Methods: We searched five databases from dates between October 1 to November 1, 2020. We selected articles related to the treatment of anxiety disorders using virtual reality therapy and analyzed the trend of that, not thesis but domestic articles.
Results: There were 6 RCT studies and 3 were case reports where, based on the DSM-4, the participants presented with anxiety disorders including 2 with presentation anxiety, 1 heterosexual anxiety, 1 test anxiety, 1 social anxiety, 1 dental anxiety, 2 Acrophobia, and 1 social phobia. Treatment sessions varied from 1 session to 18 sessions, but 5 studies conducted 4 sessions, and all studies attempted virtual reality exposure for 30-minute time periods. 8 studies used HMD as the VR device and 1 study did not report a device.
Conclusions: Anxiety disorders treated using virtual reality included speech anxiety and acrophobia.
Median treatment session number was 4 and sessions were less than 30 minutes. The most common VR device used was an HMD. VR psychotherapy showed limitations relating to patient experience including cyber sickness and a lack of immersion. In addition, most of the studies were conducted with patients who visited hospitals utilizing Western medical practices. Currently, virtual reality therapy (VRT) intervention in oriental medicine is lacking. The lack of research in this area suggests analyzing data from VR psychotherapy in oriental medicine could provide novel and useful information.
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KEYWORD
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Virtual reality, Virtual reality therapy, Anxiety disorders, Therapeutic intervention
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