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VR Homework Exercises for Selective Mutism Treatment

NCT06882629 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 15

Last updated 2025-03-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Selective mustism (SM) is an anxiety disorder that manifests in childhood. Children with Children with SM do not speak in certain social situations where this is expected of them. For example, a child may talk at home, but is afraid to speak at school. The goal of this clinical trial is to determine the efficacy of behavioral therapy for children with selective mutism (SM) combined with virtual reality (VR) homework exercises. Virtual Reality Exposure is an effective treatment for adults with anxiety disorders.

The main questions to answer are:

* Is behavioral therapy combined with VR homework exercises effective in the treatment of SM?
* Which familial factors contribute to a positive treatment outcome and homework adherence?

A single-case experimental design (SCED) will be used to evaluate the efficacy of the treatment. The child's speaking behavior at baseline will be compared to the child's speaking behavior in the different phases of the intervention.

Participants will:

* Follow individual therapy sessions at school.
* Practice with the VR homework exercises at least once a week.
* Parents and teachers will evaluate the child's speaking behavior.

Conditions

  • Selective Mutism
  • Anxiety Disorder of Childhood

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

'Speaking at school, a matter of doing' combined with VR homework exercises

The treatment in this study consists of behavioral therapy for selective mutism (with the protocol 'Speaking at school, a matter of doing') with the addition of the VR homework exercises. The protocol consists of 10 steps that help the child to gain confidence while speaking at school. For every treatment step there are VR homework exercises available. Families receive a VR headset for the duration of the study. Parents are instructed to work on the VR homework exercises at least once a week and encouraged to work on the VR homework exercises several times a week.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Luuk Stapersma

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
4 Years
Max Age
13 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-03-31
Primary Completion
2027-04-30
Completion
2027-06-30

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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