Effect of Virtual Reality and Serious Games on Pain, Fear, Anxiety, and Satisfaction During Skin Prick Testing in Children

Trakya University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fear; Anxiety; Allergy; Pain

Treatments: Device: Serious game; Device: Virtual Reality

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06993259

KOC_UNI

Details and patient eligibility

About

This randomized controlled trial evaluated the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) and serious gaming (SG) in reducing pain, fear, and anxiety, and improving satisfaction during skin prick testing (SPT) in children aged 6-12 years. A total of 90 children were randomly assigned to three groups: standard care (control), VR, or SG. The VR group watched a 360° animated video using a headset, while the SG group played Subway Surfers on a tablet. Pain (WBFPS), fear (CFS), anxiety (CAS-S), and satisfaction (VAS) were measured post-procedure.

Enrollment: 90 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children aged 6 to 12 years
• Scheduled to undergo an allergy skin prick test
• No visual impairments
• No use of anxiolytic or analgesic medication within the past six hours
• Voluntary agreement to participate (child assent and parental consent)

Exclusion criteria

• Not within the 6-12 age range
• Not scheduled for an allergy skin prick test
• Presence of visual impairments
• Use of anxiolytic or analgesic medication within the past six hours
• Refusal to participate

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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90 participants in 3 patient groups

Control Group

No Intervention group

Serious Game

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Serious game

Virtual Reality

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Virtual Reality