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Play-Based LEGO® MRI Scanner Set Reduces Anxiety and Sedation for Children in Hospitals Worldwide
Lego donated over 10,000 MRI play sets to hospitals worldwide to help children reduce anxiety and lower sedation needs during MRI procedures, research shows.
- On Monday, Lego, the toy company, announced that more than 1 million children have used its MRI play sets and donated more than 10,000 kits to hospitals around the world.
- MRI scans often frighten children because of bright lights, loud noises and the need to stay still, so Lego MRI sets mimic scanners and include a moving table for hands-on learning.
- Clinicians reported 96% of healthcare professionals said the model reduces anxiety and 46% noted less sedation need, with Sachs adding, `We often say that play is a universal language...`
- Sam Lane, a 14-year-old patient, built a Lego MRI set after a nurse asked him, helping ease other patients' worries, according to his mother Christina Lane.
- Lego has worked on expanding its customer base and deepened its strategy with adult and pop-culture product lines, while botanical and F1 racing sets have attracted new customers.
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Play-based LEGO® MRI Scanner set reduces anxiety and sedation for children in hospitals worldwide
/PRNewswire/ -- Over one million children around the world have used the LEGO Group's MRI Scanner set, helping transform a potentially stressful medical...
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People depart a Lego store in Manhattan on August 29, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images In September 2023, just two months after his mother fought and won a battle against breast cancer, Sam Lane began to get sick. Sam underwent several rounds of testing, and the now 14-year-old finally received a diagnosis: a rare brain and spine cancer. “They said ‘cancer,’ and before I started crying, I said, ‘Dang it, I was going to guess t…
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