Efficacy of virtual reality for triggering smoking craving: relation with level of presence and nicotine dependence

Virtual Reality environments that reproduce typical contexts associated with tobacco use may be useful for aiding smoking cessation. The main objective of this study was to assess the capacity of eight environments to produce the craving to smoke and determine the relation of craving to nicotine dep...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Ferrer, Marta (Ferrer García), García-Rodríguez, Olaya, Gutiérrez Maldonado, José, Pericot-Valverde, Irene, Secades Villa, Roberto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/64326
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/64326
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Realitat virtual
Nicotina
Hàbit de fumar
Abús de substàncies
Virtual reality
Nicotine
Tobacco
Substance abuse
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Sumario:Virtual Reality environments that reproduce typical contexts associated with tobacco use may be useful for aiding smoking cessation. The main objective of this study was to assess the capacity of eight environments to produce the craving to smoke and determine the relation of craving to nicotine dependence and level of presence. The results show that all the environments were able to generate the desire to smoke; a direct relation was found between sense of presence and craving.