Occupational Therapy
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NIHR Signals
- Virtual reality therapy reduces fear of heights
Virtual reality therapy directed by a virtual therapist substantially reduced fear of heights compared to patients’ own usual care, which was mainly no treatment.
One hundred participants had moderate fear of heights or worse. After roughly six sessions of virtual reality treatment, participants’ fear of heights was lessened, and some said that it had improved how they coped with heights in their daily lives.
These results show that this intervention is effective and suggests potential for virtual reality therapy for other similar disorders or phobias. There is a national programme to improve access to psychological therapy by adopting digital therapy programmes with proven effects. The virtual reality programme to treat fear of heights may fit criteria for further testing or widespread use.