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. 2022 May 2;6(5):e28072. doi: 10.2196/28072

Table 2.

Detailed Depression Stigma Scale scores pre- and postintervention.

Item VRASa group (n=8) Control group (n=8)

Pre, mean (SD) Post, mean (SD) P valueb Pre, mean (SD) Post, mean (SD) P valueb
1. Person could snap out of the problem 4.00 (1.07) 4.38 (1.06) .08 4.00 (0.76) 4.13 (0.83) .69
2. Problem is a sign of personal weakness 4.38 (0.74) 4.50 (0.76) .60 4.00 (0.76) 4.25 (0.89) .56
3. Problem is not a real medical illness 4.25 (0.71) 4.38 (0.74) .35 4.25 (0.89) 4.38 (0.92) .60
4. People with this problem are dangerous 4.00 (0.76) 4.38 (0.52) .29 3.38 (0.52) 4.00 (0.76) .14
5. Avoid people with this problem 4.25 (0.71) 4.25 (0.71) 1.00 4.13 (0.99) 4.38 (0.74) .52
6. People with this problem are unpredictable 3.25 (0.46) 4.13 (0.64) .01 3.38 (0.52) 3.50 (0.76) .69
7. If I had this problem, I would not tell anyone 3.13 (0.99) 2.88 (1.25) .45 3.25 (0.89) 3.63 (0.52) .08
8. I would not employ someone with this problem 3.25 (1.04) 3.25 (1.04) >.99 3.63 (0.74) 3.63 (0.74) >.99
9. I would not vote for a politician with this problem 2.50 (1.20) 3.00 (1.20) .17 3.50 (1.07) 3.50 (1.07) >.99
Total personal stigma 33.00 (4.44) 35.13 (5.30) .12 33.50 (3.46) 35.38 (4.50) .15

aVRAS: Virtual Reality Antistigma app.

bTwo-tailed paired t test.