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NCT Number: NCT06360562

Reconnecting to Ourselves and Others in Virtual Meetings (ROOM)

This study aimed to determine the feasibility and acceptability of delivering Resilience Training in multi-user virtual reality.

Active, Not Recruiting

This study is active but is not currently recruiting participants.

Key information

Conditions

Mood Disorders Anxiety Disorders Mental Disorders Psychotic Disorders Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

Age range

14 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Massachusetts General Hospital

Charlestown, Massachusetts, 02129, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

for college student participants:

  • 18-30 years old
  • Enrolled in an undergraduate program

Inclusion criteria

for healthcare provider participants:

  • At least 18 years old
  • Employed in the healthcare field with some direct patient contact

Exclusion criteria

  • Inability to provide informed consent
  • Not proficient in English
  • Acute symptoms of a psychiatric illness needing immediate care (such as acute psychotic symptoms, current suicidality, serious active alcohol or substance use, marked deterioration in functioning over the prior month) determined by self-report that necessitates close monitoring or inpatient or partial hospitalization.
  • Enrolled in current psychotherapy with frequency of more than once per month

Treatment and study plan

Resilience Training

Behavioral

Behavioral group-based intervention delivering mindfulness, metallization, and self-compassion skills.

Primary outcomes

  1. Discomfort with Others

    Time frame: Before the intervention, 6 weeks later, and 6 months later

    Discomfort with others is measured on a brief scale rated on a Likert scale of 1-5, asking three questions, how frequently someone feels discomfort with others, how intensely they feel it, and a multiple choice selection of reasons they may feel discomfort with others. Higher ratings indicate more discomfort with others.

  2. Intervention Feasibility and Acceptability

    Time frame: Before the intervention, 6 weeks later, and 6 months later

    This measure includes participant attendance, with more attendance of the intervention indicating better feasibility and acceptability.

  3. Penn Emotion Recognition Test

    Time frame: Before the intervention, 6 weeks later, and 6 months later

    The Penn Emotion Recognition Test (ER-40) is a 15-minute computer task which involves identifying the emotion (sadness, anger, etc.) expressed by a variety of face images with 5 possible options, was used to measure emotion recognition ability. The total score ranges from 0-40, with individual sub-scores for happy, sad, angry, fearful, and neutral expressions.

  4. Stop Distance Paradigm

    Time frame: Before the intervention, 6 weeks later, and 6 months later

    The Stop Distance Paradigm is a reliable way to measure ones personal space. The larger the number, the larger the person stands from others. This scale is rated by centimeters from zero (no personal space) to as many as the person chooses. This task was done in person, through Zoom, and in virtual reality.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Beck Depression Inventory

    Time frame: Before the intervention, 6 weeks later, and 6 months later

    The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) is a 21-item self-report assessment obtaining ratings of one's level of depression on a Likert scale of 0-63, with higher scores indicating more depressive symptoms.

  2. Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory

    Time frame: Before the intervention, 6 weeks later, and 6 months later

    The Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) is a 20-item self-report scale obtaining ratings of one's anxiety, both those that are trait like and ongoing, and those that are state like and temporary. Scores range from 0-120, with higher scores indicate higher levels of anxiety symptoms.

  3. Prodromal Questionnaire- Brief

    Time frame: Before the intervention, 6 weeks later, and 6 months later

    The Prodromal Questionnaire- Brief (PQ-B) is a 21-item self-report survey assessing psychotic experiences such as common delusional experiences (e.g. paranoia, grandiosity, ideas of reference) and perceptual aberrations (e.g. experiences of being controlled, mind reaching, etc.). and distress related to them. Each item is scored on a 0 to 5 scale. The total score is rated across the 21 items ranging between 0 and 105 with higher scores indicating more severe psychotic experiences.

  4. Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale

    Time frame: Before the intervention, 6 weeks later, and 6 months later

    The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) is a 25-item self-report scale obtaining ratings of one's level of coping and emotional resilience. It is rated on a scale of 0-100, with higher scores indicate one has more coping skills and more emotional resilience.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Massachusetts General Hospital

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Reconnecting to Ourselves and Others in Virtual Meetings (ROOM)- Resilience Training in Virtual Reality

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2028
First posted
Apr 11, 2024
Registry last updated
May 11, 2026

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