Cue exposure system using Virtual Reality for nicotine craving

니코틴 중독의 단서노출치료를 위한 가상환경의 제작 및 욕구 유발 실험

  • Kim, Kwang-Uk (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Cho, Won-Geun (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Ku, Jeong-Hun (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Kim, Hun (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Kim, Byoung-Nyun (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Lee, Jang-Han (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Kim, In-Y. (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Lee, Jong-Min (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Kim, Sun-I. (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University)
  • 김광욱 (한양대학교 의공학 교실) ;
  • 조원근 (한양대학교 의공학 교실) ;
  • 구정훈 (한양대학교 의공학 교실) ;
  • 김훈 (한양대학교 의공학 교실) ;
  • 김병년 (한양대학교 의공학 교실) ;
  • 이장한 (한양대학교 의공학 교실) ;
  • 김인영 (한양대학교 의공학 교실) ;
  • 이종민 (한양대학교 의공학 교실) ;
  • 김선일 (한양대학교 의공학 교실)
  • Published : 2002.11.01

Abstract

Research has shown that many smokers experience an increase in the desire to smoke when exposed to smoking-related cues. Cue exposure treatment (CET) refers to the manualized, repeated exposure to smoking-related cues, aimed at the reducing cue reactivity by extinction. In this study, we constructed a virtual reality system for evoking a desire of nicotine, which was based on the results of a Questionnaire of Nicotine-craving. And we investigated the effectiveness of the virtual reality system as compared to classical device (pictures). As a result, we reached the conclusion that virtual reality elicits more craving symptoms than the classical devices.

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