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Virtual reality program reduces treatment-related side effects in hemodialysis patients Hemodialysis patients routinely experience side effects such as fatigue, lightheadedness and nausea during their treatment sessions. But patients in a study who used a virtual reality program to engage in a mindfulness/meditation exercise reported that these treatment-related symptoms were greatly reduced. Patients in the study wore a head-mounted virtual reality display to participate in a 25-minute mindfulness/meditation intervention called Joviality, a fully immersive experience that transported them to settings away from the clinic. While virtual reality has been found to be beneficial in pain management and physical rehabilitation, its potential for helping dialysis patients contend with the physical side effects and tedium of their treatment sessions has been largely unexplored, said University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign social work professor Rosalba Hernandez, the lead au ....
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