Integrating Immersive Virtual Reality With Savoring to Promote the Well-Being of Patients With Chronic Respiratory Diseases: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

These results suggest that relaxing IVR integrated with savoring may promote well-being not only after the intervention but also in the long term. Savoring may have played a role in enhancing the positive effects of the IVR experience by helping patients focus on and amplify positive experiences, thereby mitigating the negative psychological impact of CRDs. However, the study design (control group was exposed only to relaxing music without a savoring component) precludes the ability to determine the specific contribution of each element (IVR and savoring). Future research should aim to disentangle these components in order to clarify their individual and combined effects.