Experiential virtual scenarios with real-time monitoring (interreality) for the management of psychological stress: A block randomized controlled trial

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Gaggioli, Andrea ^a,b   Pallavicini, Federica ^a   Morganti, Luca ^a   Serino, Silvia ^a   Scaratti, Chiara ^a   Briguglio, Marilena ^c   Crifaci, Giulia ^c   Vetrano, Noemi ^c   Giulintano, Annunziata ^c   Bernava, Giuseppe ^c   Tartarisco, Gennaro ^c   Pioggia, Giovanni ^c   Raspelli, Simona ^a   Cipresso, Pietro ^a   Vigna, Cinzia ^a   Grassi, Alessandra ^a   Baruffi, Margherita ^a   Wiederhold, Brenda ^d   Riva, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d Virtual Reality Medical Center Europe   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biofeedback training; Biosensors; Heart rate; Heart rate variability; Interreality; Physiological monitoring; Psychological stress; Relaxation training; Smartphones; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NURSE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY; UNIVERSITY; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84906282447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3235     Document Type: Article

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