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Trial reportScientific reports2024

A randomized controlled experiment testing the use of virtual reality to trigger cigarette craving in people who smoke.

Aitor Rovira, Sinéad Lambe, Helen Beckwith, Memoona Ahmed, Felicity Hudson, Phoebe Haynes, Chun-Jou Yu, Kira Williams, Simone Saidel, Ellen Iredale and 4 more

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Aitor RoviraDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. aitor.rovira@psy.ox.ac.uk.
Sinéad LambeDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Helen BeckwithDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Memoona AhmedDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Felicity HudsonDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Phoebe HaynesDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Chun-Jou YuGoldsmiths University, London, UK.
Kira WilliamsDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Simone SaidelDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Ellen IredaleDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Sapphira McBrideDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Felicity WaiteDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Xueni PanGoldsmiths University, London, UK.
Daniel FreemanDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Funding

National Institute for Health and Care Research 202385National Institute for Health and Care Research 301483Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Automated delivery of therapy in virtual reality (VR) has the potential to be used for smoking cessation. Most obviously, it could be used to practise and establish alternative reactions to smoking cues. The first step in treatment development is to show that VR environments can trigger sufficient cravings in smokers. We evaluated a new VR public house outdoor scenario with 100 individuals who smoked daily. Participants were randomly assigned to the VR scenario with smoking cues or a neutral experience in VR. The VR experiences were presented in a standalone VR headset. Before and after VR, we collected self-reported craving scores for cigarettes and alcohol using the Tobacco Craving Questionnaire (TCQ) and visual analogue scales (VAS). Physiological data were also collected. Compared to the neutral condition, exposure to the smoking cues led to a large increase in craving for a cigarette (TCQ β = 11.44, p < 0.0001, Cohen's d = 1.10) and also a moderate increase in craving for alcohol

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CravingSmoking CessationVirtual RealityAdultCigarette SmokingCuesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSmokersSmokingSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung AdultCigarette cravingVirtual reality

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PMID39169108
PMCPMC11339269

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