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Virtual Reality Viewing of Unaltered Streetscape Versus Digitally Manipulated Opposite Streetscape to Assess Psychosocial Response in Participants
Piloting a Virtual Reality-Based, Randomized Controlled Trial of Psychosocial Responses to Neighborhood Physical Disorder
Who can join
Ages 18 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Adults 18+ * Must currently live (4+ night/week) at the residence being studied. Only one resident per household will be selected * Must understand and be able to read English * Must agree to have residence photographed * Must be able to wear a VR head mounted display * Must live in neighborhood that has been selected for study * Must be willing and able to attend an approximately 2 hour in-person visit on Ohio State University (OSU) campus Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant women * Visual or mobility impairment * Cannot have epilepsy or other condition that would inhibit them from being able to use a VR headset
About the study
This clinical trial compares virtual reality viewing of an unaltered streetscape versus a digitally manipulated opposite streetscape to assess the psychosocial response in participants. Visible measures of neighborhood factors might be associated with health outcomes and risk factors of those outcomes. Short-term exposure to virtual reality environments representing very high or very low levels of neighborhood physical disorder - presence or absence of garbage/litter, presence or absence of graffiti, presence or absence of an abandoned building, presence or absence of large dumpsters, poor or very well-kept building conditions, poor or very well-kept yard conditions, poor or very well-kept road verge conditions may be a safe and effective way to assess psychosocial response in participants.
What is being tested
- Survey Administration (other)
- Virtual Technology Intervention (other)
- Virtual Technology Intervention (other)
- Virtual Technology Intervention (other)
Sponsor: Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center · Participants: 32 · Started: Sep 1, 2026
Contact the study team
- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center · Phone: 800-293-5066
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT07216534
Locations in the U.S.
| Ohio | Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 29, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.