Distraction Using VR for Children During IV in an Emergency Department

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

136 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-12-01

Study Completion Date

2018-05-31

Brief Summary

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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.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Pain Fear

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Reduce pain and fair

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.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Virtual Reality

Intervention Type DEVICE

virtual reality (VR) as a distracting intervention could reduce pain and fear during an IV placement for school-age children in the emergent department.

Compared

Normal treatment

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Virtual Reality

virtual reality (VR) as a distracting intervention could reduce pain and fear during an IV placement for school-age children in the emergent department.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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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

Minimum Eligible Age

7 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

12 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No