The goal of this randomized feasibility clinical trial is to identify participant recruitment and retention, acceptability, and adherence to virtual reality training in people undergoing hemodialysis. The main question it aims to answer is if virtual reality could be a feasible and acceptable intervention in this setting. The investigators will compare participants on virtual reality training during the standard dialysis session with those treated with standard dialysis session alone to see if a cognitive training using immersive virtual reality in people on hemodialysis is feasible and acceptable. Participants randomised in the intervention group will use virtual reality during the standard dialysis session for 30 minutes, three times a week for 12 weeks. The virtual reality intervention will consist of computerized cognitive training of 4 games. Each exercise delivered to the participant will specifically provide training in a specific cognitive category (memory, cognitive flexibility, processing, attention, and memory). Participants randomised in the control group will perform the standard hemodialysis session three times a week for 12 weeks, without using virtual reality.
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Accept the invitation to participate
Timeframe: 4, 12 weeks
Appropriateness of eligibility criteria
Timeframe: 12 weeks
Retention
Timeframe: 12 weeks
Acceptability
Timeframe: 12 weeks
Proportion of adverse events
Timeframe: 12 weeks
Quality of life
Timeframe: 0, 4, 12, 24 weeks