Comparative study on the use of virtual reality technology as a treatment for claustrophobia

Mori Víctor Hugo G.; Gómez Rafael Eduardo Sebastián B.; Serrano Rubén Alejandro R.; López Segundo Vicente C.; Galiano Alfredo Pascual R.; Vila Juan Carlos B.; Auqui José Antonio O. · Proceedings of the LACCEI international Multi-conference for Engineering, Education and Technology (2024) · DOI: 10.18687/laccei2024.1.1.1045

Resumen

This article aims to test whether the use of technology called virtual reality influences the treatment for people with claustrophobia in which, it seeks to replace the methods to solve this phobia with the use of technologies making the monitoring of these people easier and manageable, for this, indicators were raised with respect to time, recovery, satisfaction and reduction of failed treatments in patients who were divided into two groups based on the fact that one group applied this technology as a treatment, and another group who did not apply the treatment with virtual reality, giving as a result that the use of this technology influences as a solution for the treatment of people who suffer from this phobia regarding the indicators already mentioned in the research.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal; Universidad Privada San Juan Bautista