Burrai 2019a.

Study name	Effects of virtual reality in patients undergoing dialysis study protocol
Methods	Study design RCT Duration of follow‐up: 1 month
Participants	Study characteristics Country: Italy Setting: multicentre Inclusion criteria > 18 years In treatment with 3 weekly HD sessions HD duration ≥ 3 hours No acoustic deficit No visual impairment Patient‐oriented in time and space Informed consent Exclusion criteria Use of antipsychotic drugs Not in possession of smartphones or in possession of smartphones without an Internet connection
Interventions	Intervention group Virtual reality Control group Standard care
Outcomes	Planned outcomes Stressors Hemodialysis Stressor Scale (Appendix 3) Anxiety STAI‐Y1 (Appendix 3): at each HD session for 1 month Fatigue 10‐point VAS (Appendix 3): at each HD session for 1 month Pain 10‐point VAS (Appendix 3) Pruritus: at each HD session for 1 month Arterial pressure: at each HD session for 1 month Heart rate: at each HD session for 1 month Respiration rate: at each HD session for 1 month Duration of the session: at each HD session for 1 month Adverse events Withdrawn
Starting date	Not reported
Contact information	Francesco Burrai Phone: not reported Email: francesco.burrai@atssardegna.it
Notes	ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: not reported. Funding: not reported. Recruitment status: not reported