The Effects of Virtual Reality and Music on Pain, Anxiety, Itching, and Vital Signs

Bursa Uludag University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Itching; Vital Signs; Anxiety; Pain; Allergy

Treatments: Other: The VR glasses group; Other: the music group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06479967

EU13021985

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aim: This study aimed to examine the effects of virtual reality and music on pain, anxiety, itching, and vital signs of children during a skin prick test and evaluation.

Background:Virtual reality and music are utilised to reduce pain, anxiety, and itching in children throughout various treatment processes.

Methods: This randomised controlled trial was divided into three groups: Virtual reality (n=30), music (n=30), and control (n=30). Anxiety was assessed before and after the skin prick test using the "State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children"; pain was assessed during and after the skin prick test using the "Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale"; vital signs were measured before, during, and after the skin prick test, and the itch assessment "Visual Analogue Score" was assessed at 5, 10, and fifteen minutes after the skin prick test. The study followed the CONCORT guideline.

Full description

The Effects of Virtual Reality and Music on Pain, Anxiety, Itching, and Vital Signs During Skin Prick Testing: A Randomized Controlled Trial ABSTRACT Aim: This study aimed to examine the effects of virtual reality and music on pain, anxiety, itching, and vital signs of children during a skin prick test and evaluation.

Background:Virtual reality and music are utilised to reduce pain, anxiety, and itching in children throughout various treatment processes.

Methods: This randomised controlled trial was divided into three groups: Virtual reality (n=30), music (n=30), and control (n=30). Anxiety was assessed before and after the skin prick test using the "State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children"; pain was assessed during and after the skin prick test using the "Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale"; vital signs were measured before, during, and after the skin prick test, and the itch assessment "Visual Analogue Score" was assessed at 5, 10, and fifteen minutes after the skin prick test. The study followed the CONCORT guideline.

Key words: allergy skin test, children, pain, anxiety, itching, virtual reality glasses, music.

Enrollment: 90 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 9 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children aged 9-12 undergoing their initial skin test
• With no cognitive, visual, or auditory impairments
• No recent medical encounters involving pain or anxiety within the past 3 months
• Parents who volunteered for participation in this study.

Exclusion criteria

• Those who are not between the ages of 9 and 12 and have had a skin prick test before
• With cognitive, visual, or auditory impairments,
• Recent medical encounters involving pain or anxiety within the past 3 months,
• Parents who volunteered no for participation in this study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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90 participants in 3 patient groups

Virtual Reality

Experimental group

Description:

The Virtual Reality glasses group watched a cartoon video of "Rafadan Tayfa Gizli Hazine" The VR glasses group watched a cartoon video of "Rafadan Tayfa Gizli Hazine" After the SPT, the VR glasses group took a 1-minute break from watching videos and the child's pain was assessed with WBFPS. During the 15-minute SPT assessment, the VR glasses group continued watching cartoon

Treatment:

Other: The VR glasses group

Music

Experimental group

Description:

The music group listened to classical piano "The Best of Chopin." After the music group took a 1-minute break from listening to music, and the child's pain was assessed with WBFPS. During the 15-minute SPT assessment, the music group continued to listen to the music. During the SPT evaluation, the music group took a 1-minute break from listening to music at 5, 10, and 15 minutes, and the child evaluated the level of itching from 1 to 10.

Treatment:

Other: the music group

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Before, during, and after the skin prick test evaluation (15 minutes), no intervention was provided to the children assigned to the control group.