Published on in Vol 12 (2023)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/45100, first published .
Positive Psychological Intervention Delivered Using Virtual Reality in Patients on Hemodialysis With Comorbid Depression: Protocol and Design for the Joviality Randomized Controlled Trial

Positive Psychological Intervention Delivered Using Virtual Reality in Patients on Hemodialysis With Comorbid Depression: Protocol and Design for the Joviality Randomized Controlled Trial

Positive Psychological Intervention Delivered Using Virtual Reality in Patients on Hemodialysis With Comorbid Depression: Protocol and Design for the Joviality Randomized Controlled Trial

Rosalba Hernandez   1 , BSc, MPH, PhD ;   Ken Wilund   2 , BSc, MPM, PhD ;   Killivalavan Solai   3 , BE, MFA ;   David Tamayo   3 , BA, MS ;   Drew Fast   3 , BS, BFA, MS ;   Prasakthi Venkatesan   3 , BTech, MBA ;   James P Lash   4 , MD ;   Claudia M Lora   4 , MS, MD ;   Lizet Martinez   1 , BSN ;   Geovana Martin Alemañy   2 , MSc, PhD ;   Angela Martinez   1 , BA ;   Soonhyung Kwon   5 , MSW, PhD ;   Dana Romero   1 , BSc ;   Matthew H E M Browning   6 , PhD ;   Judith T Moskowitz   7 , MPH, PhD

1 Department of Population Health Nursing Science, College of Nursing, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States

2 Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States

3 Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States

4 Division of Nephrology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States

5 School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States

6 Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States

7 Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Rosalba Hernandez, BSc, MPH, PhD
  • Department of Population Health Nursing Science
  • College of Nursing
  • University of Illinois Chicago
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  • Chicago, IL, 60612
  • United States
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  • Email: rherna17@uic.edu