Clinical efficacy of a virtual reality tool for the treatment of obesity: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial

• Dimitra Anastasiadou,
• Jose Antonio Ramos-Quiroga,
• Mel Slater,
• Bernhard Spanlang,
• Desiderio Cano Porras,
• Marta Comas,
• Andreea Ciudin,
• Gemma Parramon Puig,
• Julia Vázquez-De Sebastián,
• Pilar Lusilla-Palacios

Affiliations

Dimitra Anastasiadou

Programa E-Health ICOnnecta’t and Unidad de Psico-Oncología, Institut Català d’Oncologia, Barcelona, Spain

Jose Antonio Ramos-Quiroga

Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addiction Research Group, VHIR, CIBERSAM, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Mel Slater

Virtual Bodyworks SL, Barcelona, Spain

Bernhard Spanlang

Virtual Bodyworks SL, Barcelona, Spain

Desiderio Cano Porras

Department of Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence, School of Humanities and Digital Sciences, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands

Marta Comas

Endocrinology and Nutrition Department - Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit - Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Vall d`Hebron University Hospital - Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Madrid, Spain), Barcelona, Spain

Andreea Ciudin

Endocrinology and Nutrition Department - Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit - Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Vall d`Hebron University Hospital - Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Madrid, Spain), Barcelona, Spain

Gemma Parramon Puig

Psychiatry Department, Vall d`Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

Julia Vázquez-De Sebastián

Psychiatry Department, Vall d`Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain

Pilar Lusilla-Palacios

Psychiatry Department, Vall d`Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain