Clinical trial NCT05653167: VR as a Facilitator for Participation in Society Among Persons With MHD/SUD
Official title: Complex Socio-emotional Learning in VR-based Simulation Training Among Persons With Mental Health and/or Substance Use Disorders"
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Conditions: Substance Use Disorders
Mental Disorder
Lead sponsor: Sykehuset Innlandet HF
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
First posted: 2022-12-16
Enrollment: 124
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: The study population comprises persons with a self reported addiction and mental health disorder who receive services in the municipality. Further, we interview staff (nurses, mental health workers, psycologists, social workers) from the municipal mental health and addiction services.

Brief summary: This study is the first part of a larger project called "Virtual Reality (VR) as a facilitator for participation in society among persons with mental health/substance use disorders" in which aims to explore,develop and evaluate a VR-based paradigm that facilitates social participation and promotes social recovery of individuals with mental health and/or substance use disorders (MHD/SUD). The overall project comprises three work packages: an exploration study, a development study, and an evaluation study. This study will make up work package 1. The primary aim of this study (WP1) is to explore facilitators and barriers for participation in society among person with MHD/SUD, and to provide an understanding of mechanisms of social participation and social cohesion among persons with MHD/ SUD that may be affected by VR-based interventions. The investigators will derive a socio-emotional learning domain to facilitate key interpersonal and social processes among persons with MHD/SUD in VR-based interventions. To achieve the purpose of this study, the invistigators conduct 10 indepth interviews with service-user with MHD/SUD, 2 focus group interviews with 14 service-providers and an interview-survey with 100 service users. This gives the investigators the possibility to explore facilitators and barriers for social participation as experienced as by individuals with MHD/SUD and identify key interpersonal and social processes suitable to be addressed by tailored VR based interventions.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* above 18 years of age
* receiving services in the municipality due to mental health and or addiction problems.

Exclusion Criteria:

-visual and hearing impairment, neurological disorders, and mental retardation \[score ≤70 on the Test of Intelligence\].

Primary outcomes:
measure: Practical and social functioning
timeFrame: 2 hours
measure: Social inclusion
timeFrame: 2 hours
measure: Barriers for participation in society
timeFrame: duration of the in-depth interview
measure: Facilitators for participation in society
timeFrame: duration of the in-depth interview
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Brumunddal
country: Norway
facility: Innlandet Hospital Trust
Study officials:
affiliation: Sykehuset Innlandet HF
name: Lars Lien, MD, Ph.d
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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