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SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

The Simulation Game-Virtual Reality Therapy for the Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder: A Systematic Review.

Pasquale Caponnetto, Sergio Triscari, Marilena Maglia, Maria C Quattropani

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Brazilian Psychiatric Association guidelines for the treatment of social anxiety disorder.Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999) · 2025
    Guideline
  3. Pooled it
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. Virtual Reality in the Treatment of Panic Disorder in the Last Decade: A Systematic Review.Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2025
    Review
  7. Development of a Sexological Ontology.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
    Review
  8. Article
  9. Review
  10. Virtual and Augmented Simulations in Mental Health.Current psychiatry reports · 2023
    Review
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Affective States and Virtual Reality to Improve Gait Rehabilitation: A Preliminary Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
    Article
  16. Review
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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pasquale CaponnettoDepartment of Educational Sciences, Section of Psychology, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, Italy.
Sergio TriscariDepartment of Educational Sciences, Section of Psychology, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0288-0972
Marilena MagliaDepartment of Educational Sciences, Section of Psychology, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, Italy.
Maria C QuattropaniDepartment of Educational Sciences, Section of Psychology, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0711-6412
University of Catania · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Phobia, SocialVirtual RealityVirtual Reality Exposure TherapyAnxietyFearHumansMalecyberpsychologysocial anxiety disordersocial phobiavirtual realityvirtual reality exposure therapyVRET

Identifiers

PMID34948817
PMCPMC8701873
OpenAlexW4200253891

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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