{"id":45,"date":"2024-12-09T09:08:43","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T14:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbsr\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2025-01-22T15:35:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T20:35:48","slug":"virtual-reality-vr-study","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbsr\/ongoing-research\/virtual-reality-vr-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Reality (VR) Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cbsr\/files\/2025\/01\/VR-Tobacco-Logo-for-Website-636x262.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"262\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbsr\/files\/2025\/01\/VR-Tobacco-Logo-for-Website-636x262.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbsr\/files\/2025\/01\/VR-Tobacco-Logo-for-Website-768x316.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbsr\/files\/2025\/01\/VR-Tobacco-Logo-for-Website.jpg 882w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">While dental providers are an effective means to deliver smoking cessation, they often do not have the time to counsel smokers, especially those who are unmotivated to quit. Smokers who are unmotivated to quit do not spontaneously seek treatment, so it is important to reach them in medical and dental settings. The aim of this randomized trial is test whether delivering smoking cessation through a virtual reality headset simultaneously while smokers are getting their teeth cleaned leads them to connect with smoking cessation aids and resources. This project was funded by the NIDCR. (B. Borrelli, PI; Co-Is:\u00a0 Marianne Jurasic, Romano Endrighi &amp; Howard Cabral)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Borrelli, B.,<span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Endrighi, R., Jurasic, M., Hernandez, H., Jones, E., Ospina, J., Cabral, H., Quintiliani, L., &amp; Werntz, S. (2022). A smoking cessation induction intervention via virtual reality headset during a dental cleaning: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial. <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">BMC Public Health, 22<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(1), 1074. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s12889-022-13427-y PMID: 35641925<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Borrelli, B.<span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Rueras, N., &amp; Jurasic, M. (2021). Delivery of a smoking cessation induction intervention via virtual reality headset during a dental cleaning: Pilot study. <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Translational Behavioral Medicine<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">11<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(1), 182-188. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/tbm\/ibz144 PMID:\u202f31665495<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Contact us:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:vrstudy@bu.edu\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">vrstudy@bu.edu<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(617) 358-6294<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While dental providers are an effective means to deliver smoking cessation, they often do not have the time to counsel smokers, especially those who are unmotivated to quit. Smokers who are unmotivated to quit do not spontaneously seek treatment, so it is important to reach them in medical and dental settings. The aim of this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23945,"featured_media":46,"parent":26,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23945"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":375,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions\/375"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}