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Comparison between Standard Expository Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT-E) and Immersive Virtual Reality CBT (CBT-VR) for Rehabilitation of Patients Affected by Occupational Stress Disorders: Study Protocol

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  • Rodolfo Buselli

    (Occupational Health Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Via Paradisa 2, Cisanello, 56124 Pisa, Italy
    Center for Work-Related Stress and Occupational Mental Disorders, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Via Paradisa 2, Cisanello, 56124 Pisa, Italy)

  • Martina Corsi

    (Occupational Health Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Via Paradisa 2, Cisanello, 56124 Pisa, Italy
    Center for Work-Related Stress and Occupational Mental Disorders, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Via Paradisa 2, Cisanello, 56124 Pisa, Italy)

  • Antonello Veltri

    (Occupational Health Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Via Paradisa 2, Cisanello, 56124 Pisa, Italy
    Center for Work-Related Stress and Occupational Mental Disorders, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Via Paradisa 2, Cisanello, 56124 Pisa, Italy)

  • Riccardo Marino

    (Occupational Health Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Via Paradisa 2, Cisanello, 56124 Pisa, Italy
    Center for Work-Related Stress and Occupational Mental Disorders, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Via Paradisa 2, Cisanello, 56124 Pisa, Italy
    Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy)

  • Fabrizio Caldi

    (Occupational Health Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Via Paradisa 2, Cisanello, 56124 Pisa, Italy)

  • Paolo Del Guerra

    (Department of Public Health, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, 50053 Empoli, Italy)

  • Giovanni Guglielmi

    (Occupational Health Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Via Paradisa 2, Cisanello, 56124 Pisa, Italy)

  • Camilla Tanca

    (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Institute of Communication, Information and Perception Technologies TECIP, 56100 Pisa, Italy)

  • Massimo Paoli

    (Department of Public Health, Sovrintendenza Sanitaria Regionale Inail Toscana, 50144 Firenze, Italy)

  • Vincenzo Maria Calabretta

    (Department of Public Health, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, 59100 Prato, Italy)

  • Salvio Perretta

    (Occupational Health Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Via Paradisa 2, Cisanello, 56124 Pisa, Italy)

  • Rudy Foddis

    (Occupational Health Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Via Paradisa 2, Cisanello, 56124 Pisa, Italy
    Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy)

  • Marcello Antonio Carrozzino

    (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Institute of Communication, Information and Perception Technologies TECIP, 56100 Pisa, Italy)

Abstract

Work-related stress presents a significant impact on work performance and physical health. It has been associated with the onset of a multitude of symptoms that can lead to occupational stress diseases, namely Adjustment Disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. The literature has evidenced that “exposure therapy” of cognitive-behavioral training (CBT-E) seems to be the most effective technique to manage stress symptoms, including work stress diseases, and several studies have considered Virtual Reality (VR) as an adjuvant tool to exposure-based psychotherapy (CBT-VR) for the treatment of multiple psychiatric disorders. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of CBT with exposure to stressful work scenarios in imaginative (CBT-E) and in immersive virtual reality (CBT-VR) scenarios in a group of workers affected by work-related stress disorders and compare the clinical and physiological outcomes between the two exposure techniques. A long-term goal would be to develop an evidence-based rehabilitation program as a treatment for the reintegration into work of patients affected by these psychiatric disorders.

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  • Rodolfo Buselli & Martina Corsi & Antonello Veltri & Riccardo Marino & Fabrizio Caldi & Paolo Del Guerra & Giovanni Guglielmi & Camilla Tanca & Massimo Paoli & Vincenzo Maria Calabretta & Salvio Perre, 2023. "Comparison between Standard Expository Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT-E) and Immersive Virtual Reality CBT (CBT-VR) for Rehabilitation of Patients Affected by Occupational Stress Disorders: Study P," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(9), pages 1-13, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:9:p:5735-:d:1140729
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