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
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
32 participants
May 1, 2026
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
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.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria7
- 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 Criteria3
- Pregnant women
- Visual or mobility impairment
- Cannot have epilepsy or other condition that would inhibit them from being able to use a VR headset
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Interventions
Ancillary studies
View standard streetscape
View digital twin of streetscape
View opposite digital streetscape
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NCT07216534