Virtual Reality–Based Relaxation Training and Symptom Improvement Among Inpatients With Depressive Disorders: Retrospective Nonrandomized Comparative Study

Linhui Liu   ^{1 *} , BSc ;   Wenqian Zhao   ^{2, 3 *} , BSc ;   Mengqing He   ² , BSc ;   Xue Yang   ⁴ , BSc ;   Kunqiang Yu   ¹ , BSc ;   Ningning Ding   ² , BSc ;   Wenwen Tian   ² , BSc ;   Gaoyang Liu   ² , BSc ;   Guohua Zhang   ^{2, 5, 6} , PhD ;   Yan Zhang   ^{1, 7} , BM

¹ Lishui Second People’s Hospital Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Lishui, China

² Department of Psychology, School of Mental Health, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China

³ Cixi Biomedical Research Institute, Wenzhou Medical University, Ningbo, China

⁴ JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (Hong Kong)

⁵ Zhejiang Provincial Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Affiliated Kangning Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China

⁶ Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Basic and Translational Research for Mental Disorders, Wenzhou, China

⁷ See Acknowledgments

*these authors contributed equally