Cue-Elicited Anxiety and Alcohol Craving as Indicators of the Validity of ALCO-VR Software: A Virtual Reality Study

This study is part of a larger project aiming to develop a virtual reality (VR) software to be implemented as a clinical tool for patients diagnosed with alcohol use disorder (AUD). The study is based on previous research in which we identified factors that elicit craving for alcohol in a sample of...

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Autores: Ghiţă, Alexandra, Hernández Serrano, Olga, Fernández Ruiz, Yolanda, Monras, Miquel, Ortega, Lluïsa, Mondon, Silvia, Teixidor, Lidia, Gual, Antoni, Porras Garcia, Bruno, Ferrer García, Marta, Gutiérrez Maldonado, José
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Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
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
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Palabra clave:Alcohòlics
Alcoholics
Realitat virtual
Virtual reality
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spelling Cue-Elicited Anxiety and Alcohol Craving as Indicators of the Validity of ALCO-VR Software: A Virtual Reality StudyGhiţă, AlexandraHernández Serrano, OlgaFernández Ruiz, YolandaMonras, MiquelOrtega, LluïsaMondon, SilviaTeixidor, LidiaGual, AntoniPorras Garcia, BrunoFerrer García, MartaGutiérrez Maldonado, JoséAlcohòlicsAlcoholicsRealitat virtualVirtual realityThis study is part of a larger project aiming to develop a virtual reality (VR) software to be implemented as a clinical tool for patients diagnosed with alcohol use disorder (AUD). The study is based on previous research in which we identified factors that elicit craving for alcohol in a sample of AUD patients, and which led to the development of a virtual reality software to be used in cue exposure treatments of alcohol use disorder (ALCO-VR). The main objective of this study was to test the effectiveness of ALCO-VR to elicit cue-induced craving and anxiety responses among social drinkers (SD) and AUD patients. Our secondary objective was to explore which responses (cue-induced craving or anxiety) can best differentiate between AUD patients and the SD group. Method: Twenty-seven individuals (13 AUD patients and 14 SD) participated in this study after giving written informed consent. Their anxiety and alcohol craving levels were measured by different instruments at different stages of the procedure. The VR equipment consisted of Oculus Rift technology, and the software consisted of the ALCO-VR platform. Results: Our data indicate that the ALCO-VR software can elicit responses of anxiety and alcohol craving, especially in the group of AUD patients. The cue-induced anxiety response differentiated AUD patients and the SD group better than the cue-induced craving response. Conclusions: The general interest in applying new technologies to the assessment and treatment of mental health disorders has led to the development of immersive real-life simulations based on the advantages of VR technology. Our study concluded that the ALCO-VR software can elicit anxiety and craving responses and that cue-induced anxiety responses can distinguish between AUD and SD groups better than cue-induced craving. The data on craving and anxiety were assessed consistently by different instruments. In addition, we consider that ALCO-VR is able to ecologically assess cue-induced anxiety and alcohol craving levels during exposure to VR alcohol-related environmentThis study was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, Delegation of the Government for the National Plan on Drugs (FEDER/UE/Project 2016I078: “ALCO-VR: Virtual Reality-based protocol for the treatment of patients diagnosed with severe alcohol use disorder”). The study also received support from AGAUR, Generalitat de Catalunya, 2017SGR1693MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute)2019info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpeer-reviewedapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10256/16860http://hdl.handle.net/10256/16860Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2019, vol. 8, núm. 8, p. 1153Articles publicats (EUSES)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)Inglésinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3390/jcm8081153info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/eissn/2077-0383Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10256/168602026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Cue-Elicited Anxiety and Alcohol Craving as Indicators of the Validity of ALCO-VR Software: A Virtual Reality Study
title Cue-Elicited Anxiety and Alcohol Craving as Indicators of the Validity of ALCO-VR Software: A Virtual Reality Study
spellingShingle Cue-Elicited Anxiety and Alcohol Craving as Indicators of the Validity of ALCO-VR Software: A Virtual Reality Study
Ghiţă, Alexandra
Alcohòlics
Alcoholics
Realitat virtual
Virtual reality
title_short Cue-Elicited Anxiety and Alcohol Craving as Indicators of the Validity of ALCO-VR Software: A Virtual Reality Study
title_full Cue-Elicited Anxiety and Alcohol Craving as Indicators of the Validity of ALCO-VR Software: A Virtual Reality Study
title_fullStr Cue-Elicited Anxiety and Alcohol Craving as Indicators of the Validity of ALCO-VR Software: A Virtual Reality Study
title_full_unstemmed Cue-Elicited Anxiety and Alcohol Craving as Indicators of the Validity of ALCO-VR Software: A Virtual Reality Study
title_sort Cue-Elicited Anxiety and Alcohol Craving as Indicators of the Validity of ALCO-VR Software: A Virtual Reality Study
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ghiţă, Alexandra
Hernández Serrano, Olga
Fernández Ruiz, Yolanda
Monras, Miquel
Ortega, Lluïsa
Mondon, Silvia
Teixidor, Lidia
Gual, Antoni
Porras Garcia, Bruno
Ferrer García, Marta
Gutiérrez Maldonado, José
author Ghiţă, Alexandra
author_facet Ghiţă, Alexandra
Hernández Serrano, Olga
Fernández Ruiz, Yolanda
Monras, Miquel
Ortega, Lluïsa
Mondon, Silvia
Teixidor, Lidia
Gual, Antoni
Porras Garcia, Bruno
Ferrer García, Marta
Gutiérrez Maldonado, José
author_role author
author2 Hernández Serrano, Olga
Fernández Ruiz, Yolanda
Monras, Miquel
Ortega, Lluïsa
Mondon, Silvia
Teixidor, Lidia
Gual, Antoni
Porras Garcia, Bruno
Ferrer García, Marta
Gutiérrez Maldonado, José
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Alcohòlics
Alcoholics
Realitat virtual
Virtual reality
topic Alcohòlics
Alcoholics
Realitat virtual
Virtual reality
description This study is part of a larger project aiming to develop a virtual reality (VR) software to be implemented as a clinical tool for patients diagnosed with alcohol use disorder (AUD). The study is based on previous research in which we identified factors that elicit craving for alcohol in a sample of AUD patients, and which led to the development of a virtual reality software to be used in cue exposure treatments of alcohol use disorder (ALCO-VR). The main objective of this study was to test the effectiveness of ALCO-VR to elicit cue-induced craving and anxiety responses among social drinkers (SD) and AUD patients. Our secondary objective was to explore which responses (cue-induced craving or anxiety) can best differentiate between AUD patients and the SD group. Method: Twenty-seven individuals (13 AUD patients and 14 SD) participated in this study after giving written informed consent. Their anxiety and alcohol craving levels were measured by different instruments at different stages of the procedure. The VR equipment consisted of Oculus Rift technology, and the software consisted of the ALCO-VR platform. Results: Our data indicate that the ALCO-VR software can elicit responses of anxiety and alcohol craving, especially in the group of AUD patients. The cue-induced anxiety response differentiated AUD patients and the SD group better than the cue-induced craving response. Conclusions: The general interest in applying new technologies to the assessment and treatment of mental health disorders has led to the development of immersive real-life simulations based on the advantages of VR technology. Our study concluded that the ALCO-VR software can elicit anxiety and craving responses and that cue-induced anxiety responses can distinguish between AUD and SD groups better than cue-induced craving. The data on craving and anxiety were assessed consistently by different instruments. In addition, we consider that ALCO-VR is able to ecologically assess cue-induced anxiety and alcohol craving levels during exposure to VR alcohol-related environment
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