Table 5.

Codes and subcodes of the qualitative analysis.

Codes	Subcodes
Feelings and emotions	fear, tension, controllability, distress, symptom improvement, positive experiences, perception of virtual humans
Personal story	history of anxiety, personal background
Telepresence	virtuality-reality discrepancy, immersion, realism, perception of the space
Potential therapeutic effects	needs of patients, experiences as a therapist, intensity levels, risks, therapeutic approach, comparison with in vivo, effect
Barriers	financial/technical effort, therapeutic approach
Conditions and requirements	costs, premises, therapeutic setting
Future prospects	therapeutic potential, target group, future challenges
Realization	gamification, hardware, software, suggestions for improvement, personalization