Distraction Using VR for Children During IV in an Emergency Department

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

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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