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. 2020 May 5;22(5):e17098. doi: 10.2196/17098

Table 2.

Average per-participant costs per 3-month period in Euros for the year 2015 and average outcomes by measurement and condition.

Costs and outcomes Baseline Posttreatment (3 months) Follow-up (6 months)

VR-CBTa TAUb VR-CBT TAU VR-CBT TAU
Costs (€), mean (SD)






Health care costs 1918 (5178) 1396 (3146) 3031 (3189) 648 (960) 887 (1160) 1039 (2640)

Travel costs 31 (23) 29 (26) 60 (34) 23 (15) 28 (22) 24 (16)

Productivity loss 553 (2730) 224 (1214) 359 (1205) 214 (1127) 28 (161) 102 (588)

Total (societal) costs 2502 (6246) 1649 (3570) 3076 (3469) 885 (1589) 943 (1185) 1165 (2766)
Outcomes, mean (SD)






GPTSc paranoia (score) 85 (34) 77 (31) 70 (31) 75 (31) 67 (33) 75 (33)

Time spent with others (proportion) 0.416 (0.256) 0.364 (0.266) 0.404 (0.226) 0.323 (0.266) 0.419 (0.209) 0.340 (0.273)

Momentary anxiety (scored) 2.986 (1.120) 3.259 (1.484) 2.586 (1.089) 3.221 (1.495) 2.645 (1.095) 3.218 (1.388)

Momentary paranoia (scored) 3.064 (1.393) 3.259 (1.418) 2.714 (1.291) 3.221 (1.518) 2.719 (1.293) 3.218 (1.467)

aVR-CBT: virtual reality-based cognitive behavioral therapy.

bTAU: treatment as usual.

cGPTS: Green’s Paranoid Thoughts Scale.

dScores are on a 7-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (not at all) to 7 (very).