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A virtual reality system for the treatment of stress-related disorders: A preliminary analysis of efficacy compared to a standard cognitive behavioral program
Díaz-García, Amanda; Guillen, Veronica; Quero, Soledad; Baños, Rosa Maria; Alcañiz, Mariano; Botella, Cristina Elsevier (2011)This paper presents preliminary efficacy data in a controlled study of the use of a virtual reality (VR) system for treating stress-related disorders (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD; Pathological Grief, or PG; and ... -
An adaptive display to treat stress-related disorders: EMMA's World
Baños, Rosa Maria; Botella, Cristina; Guillen, Veronica; Díaz-García, Amanda; Quero, Soledad; Bretón-López, Juana; Alcañiz, Mariano Taylor & Francis (2009)Most of the virtual environments currently available in the field of psychological treatments were designed to solve a specific problem. Our research group has developed a versatile virtual reality system (an adaptive ... -
An e-health platform for the elderly population: the butler system
Etchemendy, Ernestina; Baños, Rosa Maria; Botella, Cristina; Castilla, Diana; Alcañiz, Mariano; Rasal Cantó, Paloma; Farfallini, Luis Elsevier (2011-01)The Butler system is an e-health platform designed to improve the elderly population’s quality of life. The Butler system has three applications diagnostic, therapeutic and playful. The objective of this work is to present ... -
An e-health system for the ederly (Butler Project) : a pilot study on acceptance and satisfaction
Botella, Cristina; Etchemendy, Ernestina; Castilla, Diana; Baños, Rosa Maria; Díaz-García, Amanda; Quero, Soledad; Alcañiz, Mariano; Lozano, José Antonio Mary Ann Liebert (2009-06)The Butler Project is a technological e-health platform that uses the Internet to connect various users; it was designed to deliver health care to the elderly. The Butler platform has three levels of implementation: diagnosis ... -
An Internet-based program for depression using activity and physiological sensors: efficacy, expectations, satisfaction, and ease of use
Botella, Cristina; Mira, Adriana; Moragrega Vergara, Inés; Díaz-García, Amanda; Bretón-López, Juana; Castilla, Diana; Riera López del Amo, Antonio; Soler Rovira, Carla; Molinari, Guadalupe; Quero, Soledad; Guillen, Veronica; Miralles, Ignacio; Nebot Ibáñez, Sara; Serrano-Zárate, Berenice; Majoe, Dennis; Alcañiz, Mariano; Baños, Rosa Maria Dove Medical Press (2016)Purpose: Computerized cognitive behavioral therapy (CCBT) has been shown to be efficacious. Moreover, CCBT can be enhanced by using physiological and activity sensors, but there is no evidence about the acceptability of ... -
Competitive active video games: Physiological and psychological responses in children and adolescents
Lison, Juan Francisco; Cebolla Marti, Ausias; Guixeres, Jaime; Álvarez Pitti, Julio; Escobar, Patricia; Bruñó, Alejandro; Lurbe Ferrer, Empar; Alcañiz, Mariano; Baños, Rosa Maria Pulsus (2015)Background: Recent strategies to reduce sedentary behaviour in children include replacing sedentary screen time for active video games. Active video game studies have focused principally on the metabolic consumption of ... -
Descripción de un sistema de realidad virtual dirigido a la promoción de bienestar emocional en pacientes oncológicos hospitalizados: Ensayo Fase II OncoHelp
Díaz-García, Amanda; Botella, Cristina; Alcañiz, Mariano; Baños, Rosa Maria; Esquerdo Galiana, Gaspar; De Sanctis, Rita; Barrajón Martín de la Sierra, Enrique; Cervera Grau, José Manuel; Espinoza Venegas, Macarena Paz Elservier (2012)Most of the Virtual Reality (VR) applications for cancer patients have focused on reducing discomfort, and there are fewer applications aimed at promoting emotional well‑ being of hospitalized patients. In this paper ... -
Effect of a mixed reality-based intervention on arm, hand, and finger function on chronic stroke
Colomer, Carolina; Llorens, Roberto; Noé, Enrique; Alcañiz, Mariano BioMed Central (2016)Background Virtual and mixed reality systems have been suggested to promote motor recovery after stroke. Basing on the existing evidence on motor learning, we have developed a portable and low-cost mixed reality tabletop ... -
Effects of Virtual Reality during Exercise in Children
Guixeres, Jaime; Sáiz, Javier; Alcañiz, Mariano; Cebolla Marti, Ausias; Escobar, Patricia; Baños, Rosa Maria; Botella, Cristina; Lison, Juan Francisco; Álvarez Pitti, Julio; Cantero, Laura; Lurbe Ferrer, Empar Graz University of Technology, Institut für Informationssysteme und Computer Medien (2013)Virtual Reality (VR) could be an interesting tool to combat obesity and sedentariness in children. During the last years a multidisciplinary research team comprised of engineers, psychologists, physiotherapists and ... -
Efficacy and acceptability of an Internet platform to improve the learning of nutritional knowledge in children: the ETIOBE mates
Baños, Rosa Maria; Cebolla Marti, Ausias; Oliver, Elia; Alcañiz, Mariano; Botella, Cristina Oxford University Press (2012)Possessing sufficient nutritional knowledge is a necessary component in the prevention and treatment of obesity. A solid understanding of nutrition can help people make appropriate food selections and can also help ... -
Electronic PDA dietary and physical activity registers in weight loss treatment program for children: a description of the ETIOBE personal digital assistant system
Baños, Rosa Maria; Cebolla Marti, Ausias; Zaragozá, Irene; Botella, Cristina; Alcañiz, Mariano Virtual Reality Medical Institute (2009)Childhood obesity is a significant health problem in western societies. Self-monitoring techniques, such as the use of dietary and physical activity registers, are considered to be central to cognitive-behavioral weight ... -
Evaluation of the quality of collaboration between the client and the therapist in phobia treatments
Wrzesien, Maja; Burkhardt, Jean-Marie; Botella, Cristina; Alcañiz, Mariano Elsevier (2012-11)A growing number of empirical studies evaluate the influence of Mental Health (MH) technology on the clinical effectiveness, the therapeutic relationship (i.e., therapeutic alliance), and usability issues. However, to the ... -
How Technology Influences the Therapeutic Process: Evaluation of the Patient-Therapist Relationship in Augmented Reality Exposure Therapy and In Vivo Exposure Therapy
Wrzesien, Maja; Bretón-López, Juana; Botella, Cristina; Burkhardt, Jean-Marie; Alcañiz, Mariano; Pérez Ara, María Ángeles; Riera López del Amo, Antonio Cambridge University Press (2013-07)New technologies have slowly become a part of psychologists’ therapeutic office. However, many therapists still have doubts about the possibility of creating a good therapeutic relationship with patients in the presence ... -
Improving childhood obesity treatment using new technologies: the ETIOBE System
Baños, Rosa Maria; Cebolla Marti, Ausias; Botella, Cristina; Díaz-García, Amanda; Oliver, Elia; Zaragozá, Irene; Alcañiz, Mariano Bentham Science (2011)Childhood obesity is an increasing public health problem in western culture. Sedentary lifestyles and an “obesogenic environment” are the main influences on children leading to an increase in obesity. The objective of this ... -
Life-review therapy with computer supplements for depression in the elderly: A randomized controlled trial.
Botella, Cristina; Castilla, Diana; Preschi, Barbara; Maercker, Andreas; Wagner, Birgit; Forstmeier, Simon; Baños, Rosa Maria; Alcañiz, Mariano Taylor & Francis (2012-10)Life-review therapy has been recognized as an effective therapeutic approach for depression in older adults. Additionally, the use of new media is becoming increasingly common in psychological interventions. The aim of ... -
PDA self-register system for eating disorders: a study on acceptability and satisfaction
Cebolla Marti, Ausias; Oliver, Elia; Baños, Rosa Maria; Botella, Cristina; Zaragozá, Irene; Alcañiz, Mariano; Moliner Albero, Reyes; Marco, Jose H.; Jorquera Rodero, Mercedes; Guillen, Veronica IOS Press (2010)Self-monitoring techniques, such as the use of dietary registers, are considered to be central to cognitive-behavioral treatment of Eating Disorders (ED). This information allows the clinician to identify the triggers ... -
The Present and Future of Positive Technologies
Botella, Cristina; Riva, Giuseppe; Gaggioli, Andrea; Wiederhold, Brenda K.; Alcañiz, Mariano; Baños, Rosa Maria Mary Ann Liebert (2012)The goal of this work is to delimit the field of Positive Technology—the scientific and applied approach to the use of technology for improving the quality of our personal experience. This new field combines the objectives ... -
The Therapeutic Lamp: Treating Small-Animal Phobias
Wrzesien, Maja; Alcañiz, Mariano; Botella, Cristina; Burkhardt, Jean-Marie; Bretón-López, Juana; Ortega, Mario; Beneito Brotons, Daniel Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (2013)We all have an irrational fear or two. Some of us get scared by an unexpected visit from a spider in our house; others get nervous when they look down from a high building. Fear is an evolutionary and adaptive function ... -
Treating cockroach phobia using a serious game on a mobile phone and augmented reality exposure: a single case study
Botella, Cristina; Bretón-López, Juana; Quero, Soledad; Baños, Rosa Maria; Díaz-García, Amanda; Zaragozá, Irene; Alcañiz, Mariano Elsevier (2011-01)In vivo exposure has proved its efficacy in the treatment of specific phobias; however, not all patients benefit from it. Communication and information technologies such as Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) ... -
Treating small animal phobias using a projective-augmented reality system: A single-case study
Wrzesien, Maja; Botella, Cristina; Bretón-López, Juana; Río González, Eva del; Burkhardt, Jean-Marie; Alcañiz, Mariano; Pérez Ara, María Ángeles Elsevier (2015-08)In vivo exposure is the evidence based treatment for small animal phobias. However, this type of treatment still present a low treatment seek rate and a high drop-out rate, due to its aversive character for the patients. ...