A virtual reality system is helping Boone Hospital workers deal with the stress and anxiety of the pandemic.<\/p>\n
COLUMBIA- A new research trial is allowing hospital workers to escape the stress and anxiety that comes with working during the pandemic.<\/p>\n
\"It's important to equip frontline healthcare workers,\" Healium CEO Sarah Hill said. \"People who've been doing really important work over the last several years.\"<\/p>\n
Boone Hospital is partnering with Healium to provide a virtual reality system that lets workers step into another world to relive stress.<\/p>\n
\"They come in the form of kits with virtual reality goggles,\" Hill said. \"It's personifying your anxiety.\"<\/p>\n
One hundred Boone Health employees participated in the study that lasted several months. The virtual reality googles are now available to all Boone Hospital workers.<\/p>\n
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\"You put it on your face and you're instantly taken to a place that is less stressful,\" Hill said.<\/p>\n
Hill said that Frontiers in Virtual Reality published a study that states the powered digital tools reduced anxiety in as little as four minutes.<\/p>\n
\"That was a really groundbreaking research,\" Hill said. \"The fact that immersive media can quickly improve mood.\"<\/p>\n
Hill said that nurses can use a break room or a quiet room while using the virtual reality system.<\/p>\n
\"Because after all, this is the 'Stress Olympics,'\" Hill said. \"Not all of us have trained for it.\"<\/p>\n
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