Maintenance hemodialysis patients participate in a virtual reality rehabilitation training experience: a qualitative study.

AbstractObjectivesMetchodsResultsConclusion\nIMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONMaintenance hemodialysis patients’ psychology and physiology will have negative effects. Adherence to exercise can effectively enhance the physical function of maintenance hemodialysis patients and reduce the negative psychological emotions. In recent years, virtual reality technology has been gradually applied to the hemodialysis group, providing a new way for the rehabilitation training and healthy life of maintenance hemodialysis patients.To understand the real experience of maintenance hemodialysis patients participating in virtual reality rehabilitation training, and to make reference for the future clinical development of a more perfect virtual reality rehabilitation training program.Phenomenological research method was used to conduct semi-structured interviews with 10 maintenance hemodialysis patients, and the interview data were compiled and analyzed using Colaizzi’s seven-step analysis.Four themes were distilled: (1) Maintenance hemodialysis patients’ overall perceptual experience of the virtual reality rehabilitation system; (2) Physical and psychological improvement of maintenance hemodialysis patients with virtual reality rehabilitation system; (3) Individualized needs of maintenance hemodialysis patients during virtual reality rehabilitation training; (4) Future improvements and recommendations for the virtual reality rehabilitation system.The results of the study suggest that virtual reality improves patients’ motivation to recover and shows positive results and potential benefits in improving physical functioning and negative emotions in maintenance hemodialysis patients.Regular and continuous rehabilitation training is a very effective non-pharmacological treatment to improve the physical functioning and mental health of maintenance hemodialysis patients.Virtual reality technology can stimulate the underlying motivation of maintenance hemodialysis patients to undergo rehabilitation, thus, they are guided to adopt a healthy lifestyle.Virtual reality technology can be an effective aid in the rehabilitation of maintenance hemodialysis patients, thus reducing the workload of rehabilitation clinicians.Regular and continuous rehabilitation training is a very effective non-pharmacological treatment to improve the physical functioning and mental health of maintenance hemodialysis patients.Virtual reality technology can stimulate the underlying motivation of maintenance hemodialysis patients to undergo rehabilitation, thus, they are guided to adopt a healthy lifestyle.Virtual reality technology can be an effective aid in the rehabilitation of maintenance hemodialysis patients, thus reducing the workload of rehabilitation clinicians. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]