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Distraction Using VR for Children During IV in an Emergency Department

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National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Fear
Pain

Treatments

Device: Virtual Reality

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04081935
2017B002

Details and patient eligibility

About

Exploring the use of virtual reality as a distracting intervention strategy for school-age children to receive intravenous placement in emergency department, and further understand the effectiveness of reducing pain and fear during the invasive procedure.

Enrollment

136 patients

Sex

All

Ages

7 to 12 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Children ages 7-12
  • Children who were clearly conscious
  • Children who agreed and were required to receive intravenous injections after physicians' diagnoses
  • Children and their primary caregivers who could communicate in Mandarin or Taiwanese
  • Children and their primary caregivers who could read Chinese that agreed to participate in this study and sign written consent forms

Exclusion criteria

  • Children with developmental delay, epilepsy, or heart diseases
  • Children undergoing chemotherapy; children who were visually or hearing impaired
  • Children who were nearsighted with more than 8.0 diopters or farsighted with 5.0 diopters
  • Children who had sustained head trauma in the past month
  • Children who were confirmed to be obese according to the recommended body mass index values for children and adolescents
  • Children who required blood transfusions and blood preparation to be performed according to physician diagnoses
  • Children who received two or more intravenous injections and had their blood drawn only one time

Trial design

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

136 participants in 2 patient groups

Reduce pain and fair
Experimental group
Description:
To determine whether the virtual reality as a distracting intervention could reduce pain and fear in school-age children receiving intravenous injections at an emergency department.
Treatment:
Device: Virtual Reality
Compared
No Intervention group
Description:
Normal treatment

Trial contacts and locations

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