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Colleen Vega1, Robin L Whitney2, Josef Hannah3
1Stanford Health Care.
Objectives:
To evaluate the effects of virtual reality (VR) on symptom distress, such as depression, anxiety, and pain, experienced by individuals receiving allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Sample & Setting:
20 participants aged 19-70 years (median age of 56.5 years) who were hospitalized in an academic setting received as many as two sessions of VR per week for two weeks.
Methods & Variables:
Before and after each session, participants completed the revised Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS-r) to evaluate their symptoms. Paired t tests were later conducted.
Results:
VR sessions showed significant improvement in 8 of the 10 symptoms addressed in ESAS-r.
Implications For Nursing:
VR can improve symptoms in patients following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in a hospital setting, provide a low-cost intervention to treat symptoms, and support future investigations exploring how VR affects prolonged hospitalizations related to distressing symptoms.
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