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SynthesisFrontiers in psychology2019

Inferiority or Even Superiority of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy in Phobias?-A Systematic Review and Quantitative Meta-Analysis on Randomized Controlled Trials Specifically Comparing the Efficacy of Virtual Reality Exposure to Gold Standard

Theresa F Wechsler, Franziska Kümpers, Andreas Mühlberger

4 registry-linked trialsOpen access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in psychology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 4 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 96 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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96citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04611399 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

MIND-VR: Virtual Reality for COVID-19 Operators' Psychological Support

TypeinterventionalSponsorFondazione I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Neurologico Carlo BestaRan2021 to 2023Enrolled30ConditionsStress Related DisorderArmsVR for psychoeducation and relaxation, Control (CR)
NCT05081323 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Effectiveness of an Online Self-applied Psychological Treatment for Rat Phobia Guided by a Virtual Assistant in the Mexican Population: A Randomized Clinical Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversidad Autonoma de Baja CaliforniaRan2023 to 2023Enrolled30ConditionsSpecific Phobia, Anxiety DisorderArmsSelf-applied treatment for phobias
NCT06514495 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Differential Effects of in Vivo and Virtual Exposure Therapy on the Interoception and Reactivity of Different Body Systems in Agoraphobia

TypeinterventionalSponsorJohannes Gutenberg University MainzRan2025 to 2027Enrolled68ConditionsAgoraphobia, Panic, Social Anxiety DisorderArmsTherapy
NCT06923306 naactive not recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Virtual Reality Exposure for Vaginismus: A Replicated Single-Case Design

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of British ColumbiaRan2025 to 2027Enrolled20ConditionsVaginismusArmsVirtual reality exposure
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

96 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 270 citations in OpenAlex.

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36 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Theresa F WechslerDepartment for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Institute of Psychology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
Franziska KümpersDepartment for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Institute of Psychology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
Andreas MühlbergerDepartment for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Institute of Psychology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
University of Regensburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

agoraphobiaanxiety disorderexposure therapymeta-analysissocial anxietyspecific phobiasystematic reviewvirtual reality

Identifiers

PMID31551840
PMCPMC6746888
OpenAlexW2959888472

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Registered trials

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