An interventional study of Virtual reality and Tablet in Pain, Anxiety and Fear, sponsored by Trakya University. Completed at 1 site in Turkey. Open to participants aged 5 Years to 12 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-04-11.
Sponsored by Trakya University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care
The aim of this study is to determine the effect of watching cartoons with virtual reality glasses and tablets applied during the blood collection process on the level of pain, fear and anxiety experienced by children.
Needle procedures applied to children for diagnosis and treatment cause fear, anxiety, and pain. In cases where children's pain and fear cannot be controlled, health professionals and parents may experience feelings of stress, helplessness, and guilt. Many approaches reduce pain and anxiety in children during painful procedures. The most commonly used of these approaches is the distraction technique, also known as the distraction technique, which is constructed with cognitive and behavioral processes. There are many methods used to divert attention. Some of those; watching cartoons, inflating balloons, creating balloons by blowing foam, directing techniques, parent coaching, using virtual reality (VR) glasses, listening to music, kaleidoscope, and using distraction cards. The research is a randomized controlled experimental study designed to determine the effects of two different methods (watching 360-degree cartoons with virtual reality glasses and watching cartoons with a tablet) during the blood collection procedure in children, on the level of pain, fear, and anxiety experienced by children.
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Exclusion Criteria:
The child and family's refusal to participate in the research
Children in the control group will be received standard care. Control group children will not receive any distraction techniques.
The children in the VR groups will watch the video by wearing virtual glasses during the blood draw. By wearing the VR headsets in the VR-Rollercoaster Group, will watch Ice Age.
Behavioral: Virtual reality
The children in the tablet groups will watch the video during the blood draw with tablet. They will watch Ice Age.
Device: Tablet
Children will watch Ice Age in virtual reality during blood draw and the researcher will monitor their pain, anxiety and fear.
Children will watch Ice Age with a tablet during blood draw and the researcher will monitor their pain, anxiety and fear.
Pain assesed by Wong-Baker FACES
Wong-Baker FACES (WB-FACES) Pain Rating Scale used. This scale uses in children aged 3 and older to rate pain severity. This numeric rating scale ranges from 0 to 10. Faces show emotions from smiling (0 = very happy/ no pain) to crying (10 = hurts worst). This scale was assessed using self-report and reports from the parents, the researcher and the nurse who attempted the blood draw after the blood draw procedure in this study.
Time frame: 1 minute before the blood draw procedure
Pain assesed by Wong-Baker FACES
Wong-Baker FACES (WB-FACES) Pain Rating Scale used. This scale uses in children aged 3 and older to rate pain severity. This numeric rating scale ranges from 0 to 10. Faces show emotions from smiling (0 = very happy/ no pain) to crying (10 = hurts worst). This scale was assessed using self-report and reports from the parents, the researcher and the nurse who attempted the blood draw after the blood draw procedure in this study.
Time frame: 1 minute after the blood draw procedure
Procedure Related Fear
The Child Fear Scale (CFS) used. This scale is a one-item self-report measure for measuring pain-related fear in children. This one-item scale consists of five sex-neutral faces. It ranges from a no fear (neutral) face on the far left to a face showing extreme fear on the far right. The rater responds indicates the level of fear. It can be used by the parents and researchers before and during the procedure for children aged 5-10 years.CFS were administered by the researcher to the children to assess their fear levels about blood draw before and after blood draw procedure.
Time frame: 1 minute before the blood draw procedure
Procedure Related Fear
The Child Fear Scale (CFS) used. This scale is a one-item self-report measure for measuring pain-related fear in children. This one-item scale consists of five sex-neutral faces. It ranges from a no fear (neutral) face on the far left to a face showing extreme fear on the far right. The rater responds indicates the level of fear. It can be used by the parents and researchers before and during the procedure for children aged 5-10 years.CFS were administered by the researcher to the children to assess their fear levels about blood draw before and after blood draw procedure.
Time frame: 1 minute after the blood draw procedure
Procedure Related Anxiety
The Children's Anxiety Meter (CAM) used. It assesses children's anxiety in clinical settings and uses before medical procedures. The CAM is drawn like a thermometer with a bulb at the bottom, also includes horizontal lines at intervals going up to the top. Children are asked to mark how he/she feel "right now" to measure state anxiety (CAM-S). (Kleiber \& Mccarthy, 2006). Scores range from 0 to 10. It validated at children aged 4-10 years during an intravenous procedure.CAM were administered by the researcher to the children to assess their anxiety levels about blood draw before and after the blood draw procedure.
Time frame: 1 minute before the blood draw procedure
Procedure Related Anxiety
The Children's Anxiety Meter (CAM) used. It assesses children's anxiety in clinical settings and uses before medical procedures. The CAM is drawn like a thermometer with a bulb at the bottom, also includes horizontal lines at intervals going up to the top. Children are asked to mark how he/she feel "right now" to measure state anxiety (CAM-S). (Kleiber \& Mccarthy, 2006). Scores range from 0 to 10. It validated at children aged 4-10 years during an intravenous procedure.CAM were administered by the researcher to the children to assess their anxiety levels about blood draw before and after the blood draw procedure.
Time frame: 1 minute after the blood draw procedure
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