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

Rodolfo Buselli, Martina Corsi (), Antonello Veltri, Riccardo Marino, Fabrizio Caldi, Paolo Del Guerra, Giovanni Guglielmi, Camilla Tanca, Massimo Paoli, Vincenzo Maria Calabretta, Salvio Perretta, Rudy Foddis and Marcello Antonio Carrozzino
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Rodolfo Buselli: Occupational Health Department, 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
Antonello Veltri: Occupational Health Department, 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
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
Marcello Antonio Carrozzino: Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Institute of Communication, Information and Perception Technologies TECIP, 56100 Pisa, Italy

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 9, 1-13

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.

Keywords: work-related stress; occupational stress; anxiety; depression; adjustment disorder; cognitive-behavior therapy; virtual reality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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