Effects of a Multisensory VR Experience on Stress and User Experience
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Relaxing aroma and state of stress/calm.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: To Evaluate the Main Effects of Varying Auditory Stimuli, To Evaluate the Main Effects of Varying Olfactory Stimuli. Basic parameters: 18 years — 35 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Effects of a Multisensory VR Experience on Stress and User Experience: A Randomized Controlled Study
Overview
This study explicitly tests a multisensory virtual reality experience that combines visual, auditory, and olfactory channels to modulate the stress response in young adults. In addition to visual and auditory stimulation, the study also assesses whether a relaxing olfactory stimulus attenuates this effect. The environment and task remain constant (constant visuals); auditory and olfactory elements are varied. Objective. To evaluate the main effects of varying auditory and olfactory stimuli, as well as their interaction, on variables related to the performance of a quiz-type task in virtual reality.
Interventions
- Other Relaxing aroma and state of stress/calm
A 2×2 randomized design is used. The Aroma condition is between subjects (relaxing aroma vs. no aroma) (experimental group and control group). The Mode condition is within each group and consists of two blocks: Stress and Calm. The order of the blocks is counterbalanced (Stress-Calm/Calm-Stress): half of the participants experience Stress first and then Calm, and the other half in the reverse order.
Primary outcome measures
- NASA Task Load Index [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 2 weeks]
- Short Stress State Questionnaire (SSSQ) [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 2 weeks]
Secondary outcome measures (5)
- IPQ - Igroup Presence Questionnaire [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 2 weeks]
- VRSQ - Virtual Reality Sickness Questionnaire [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 2 weeks]
- VAS Scale [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 2 weeks]
- UEQ-S - User Experience Questionnaire Short [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 2 weeks]
- Performance rate [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 2 weeks]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- must meet the required age.
- must have corrected vision/hearing.
Exclusion criteria
- uncontrolled asthma.
- uncontrolled odor-triggered migraines.
- pregnancy state.
- nasal congestion.
- severe predisposition to dizziness in virtual reality.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Factorial
- Masking
- Double blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07395830 · UTI-VI-060-2025