Experiential Virtual Scenarios With Real-Time Monitoring (Interreality) for the Management of Psychological Stress: A Block Randomized Controlled Trial

Andrea Gaggioli   ^{1, 2} , MS(Psycho), PhD(Psych) ;   Federica Pallavicini   ¹ , MS(Psycho), PhD(Psych) ;   Luca Morganti   ¹ , MS(Psycho) ;   Silvia Serino   ¹ , MS(Psycho) ;   Chiara Scaratti   ¹ , MS(Psycho) ;   Marilena Briguglio   ³ , MD, PhD ;   Giulia Crifaci   ³ , BBiomedEng ;   Noemi Vetrano   ³ , MS(Psycho) ;   Annunziata Giulintano   ³ , MS(Psycho) ;   Giuseppe Bernava   ³ , M Comp Sc, PhD ;   Gennaro Tartarisco   ³ , MS Eng, PhD ;   Giovanni Pioggia   ³ , MS Eng, PhD ;   Simona Raspelli   ¹ , MS(Psycho), PhD ;   Pietro Cipresso   ¹ , MSc Econ, PhD ;   Cinzia Vigna   ¹ , Media Spec ;   Alessandra Grassi   ¹ , MS(Psycho), PhD ;   Margherita Baruffi   ¹ , MS(Psycho), PsyD ;   Brenda Wiederhold   ⁴ , MBA, BCIA, PhD ;   Giuseppe Riva   ^{1, 2} , MS(Psycho), PhD

¹ Applied Technology for Neuro-Psychology Lab, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy

² Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy

³ Institute of Clinical Physiology (IFC), National Research Council (CNR), Messina, Italy

⁴ Virtual Reality Medical Institute, Brussels, Belgium