Research Article
Virtual reality exposure therapy in anxiety disorders: a quantitative meta‐analysis
The authors disclose the following financial relationships within the past 3 years: Contract grant sponsor: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion, Spain; Contract grant number: PSI2010‐17563.
Authors contribution: David Opriş—design of the study, data interpretation and analysis, writing the manuscript; Sebastian Pintea—data interpretation and analysis; Azucena García‐Palacios—data interpretation and analysis; Cristina Botella—design of the study, data interpretation and analysis; Ştefan Szamosközi—data interpretation; Daniel David—design of the study, data interpretation.
Abstract
Virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) is a promising intervention for the treatment of the anxiety disorders. The main objective of this meta‐analysis is to compare the efficacy of VRET, used in a behavioral or cognitive‐behavioral framework, with that of the classical evidence‐based treatments, in anxiety disorders. A comprehensive search of the literature identified 23 studies (n = 608) that were included in the final analysis. The results show that in the case of anxiety disorders, (1) VRET does far better than the waitlist control; (2) the post‐treatment results show similar efficacy between the behavioral and the cognitive behavioral interventions incorporating a virtual reality exposure component and the classical evidence‐based interventions, with no virtual reality exposure component; (3) VRET has a powerful real‐life impact, similar to that of the classical evidence‐based treatments; (4) VRET has a good stability of results over time, similar to that of the classical evidence‐based treatments; (5) there is a dose–response relationship for VRET; and (6) there is no difference in the dropout rate between the virtual reality exposure and the in vivo exposure. Implications are discussed. Depression and Anxiety 0:1–9, 2011. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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