Thiago Sousa Matias, Eliane Denise Araújo Bacil, Vanise Dos Santos Ferreira Viero, Yohana Pereira Vieira, Laura Silva da Silva, Andressa Munhoz Sá, Cleonice Santos do Amaral, Timothy Gustavo Cavazzotto
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posttraumatic stress disorder ptsd occur wake exposure traumatic event currently ptsd symptoms assessed mainly selfreport form questionnaire clinical interview selfreport inherent limitations particularly psychiatric populations may limited awareness deficit reduced attention span poor vocabulary andor literacy skills diagnosis evaluation treatment efficacy would aided behavioral measures viable alternative may virtual environments participant guides onscreen avatar series onscreen events meant simulate realworld situations sample 82 veterans selfassessed ptsd symptoms administered task avatar confronted situations might evoke avoidant behavior core feature ptsd results showed strong correlation ptsd symptom burden task performance fact ability predict ptsd symptom burden based simple demographic variables age sex combat exposure significantly improved adding task score predictor variable results therefore suggest virtual environments may provide new way assess ptsd symptoms avoiding least limitations associated symptom selfreport thus might useful complement questionnaire clinical interview potentially facilitating diagnosis evaluation treatment efficacy