Comparative study on the use of virtual reality technology as a treatment for claustrophobia (#1045)
Read ArticleDate of Conference
July 17-19, 2024
Published In
"Sustainable Engineering for a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Future at the Service of Education, Research, and Industry for a Society 5.0."
Location of Conference
Costa Rica
Authors
Guadalupe Mori, Victor Hugo
Benites Gomez, Rafael Eduardo Sebastián
Rayme Serrano, Rubén Alejandro
Castro Lopez, Segundo Vicente
Roncal Galiano, Alfredo Pascual
Bastidas Vila, Juan Carlos
Ogosi Auqui, José Antonio
Abstract
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.