Effect of Virtual Reality Goggles and Stress Ball Use on Pain and Fear During IV Catheterization in Children

Toros University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain Management; Anxiety; Pain, Procedural

Treatments: Other: intravenous catheterization

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06466551

Toros

Details and patient eligibility

About

Although distraction methods such as virtual reality glasses, watching videos, watching cartoons, etc. have been reported to reduce pain in the literature, studies on which method is more effective in reducing pain are limited. Considering the developmental period characteristics, virtual reality glasses and stress ball squeezing may be effective in the 6-12 age group during painful intervention. However, no study has been found in the literature on which technique is more effective (9-23). Therefore, investigating the effects of virtual reality goggles and stress ball squeezing on pain and fear in children aged 6-12 years as a distraction method during intravenous catheterization may enable nurses to determine the technique with high clinical usefulness in pain management.

Full description

Provide a brief summary of the study, including the purpose, objectives, and brief methodology.

Enrollment: 75 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children aged 6-12 years
• Admitted to the pediatric unit of the hospital between June 20, 2024, and April 20, 2025
• Scheduled to undergo intravenous catheterization
• Having parental consent through a signed informed consent form
• Absence of mental or developmental retardation

Exclusion criteria

• Children for whom the first attempt at intravenous catheterization was unsuccessful

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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75 participants in 2 patient groups

Virtual Reality Goggles Group

Experimental group

Description:

Children in this group watched cartoons using virtual reality goggles starting 3 minutes before intravenous catheterization. Pain and fear were assessed before, during, and after the procedure.

Treatment:

Other: intravenous catheterization

Stress Ball Group

Experimental group

Description:

Children in this group used a stress ball as a distraction method starting 3 minutes before intravenous catheterization. Pain and fear were assessed before, during, and after the procedure.

Treatment:

Other: intravenous catheterization