Can virtual reality reduce pain and anxiety in pediatric emergency care and promote positive response of parents of children? A quasi-experimental study
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2023Autor
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Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
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Artículo / Artikulua
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Versión publicada / Argitaratu den bertsioa
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10.1016/j.ienj.2023.101268
Resumen
Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of virtual reality to reduce pain and anxiety in pediatric patients during
venipuncture procedure in emergency care and the behavioral response of their parents/companions.
Background: Virtual reality is being used as a source of distraction in children undergoing invasive procedures.
Methods: Quasi-experimental study with 458 children (from 2 to 15 years) wh ...
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Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of virtual reality to reduce pain and anxiety in pediatric patients during
venipuncture procedure in emergency care and the behavioral response of their parents/companions.
Background: Virtual reality is being used as a source of distraction in children undergoing invasive procedures.
Methods: Quasi-experimental study with 458 children (from 2 to 15 years) who attended a pediatric emergency
service from September 2019 to April 2021. An intervention based on virtual reality as a distraction method
during venipuncture procedure was applied. The level of pain and anxiety of children and attitude of parents/
companions were assessed. Ordinal and binary logistic regressions were applied.
Results: A protective effect of using virtual reality was observed in the intervention group both for the absence of
pain (− 4.12; 95 % CI: − 4.85 to − 3.40) and anxiety (− 1.71; 95 % CI: − 2.24 to − 1.17) in children aged between 2
and 15 years. A significant reduction in the blocking response of the accompanying parents (− 2.37; 95 % CI:
− 3.017 to − 1.723) was also observed.
Conclusions: VR is effective in reducing pain and anxiety in children during venipuncture in emergency care. A
positive attitude of the parents during the invasive procedure to their children was found. [--]
Materias
Anxiety,
Pain,
Pediatric patients,
Phlebotomy,
Quasi-experimental,
Virtual reality
Editor
Elsevier
Publicado en
International Emergency Nursing, 68(2023) 101268
Departamento
Universidad Pública de Navarra. Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud /
Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Osasun Zientziak Saila
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Entidades Financiadoras
This work was supported by “Precipita” crowdfunding platform, from the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT). Besides, open access funding was provided by Universidad Pública de Navarra.