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A Randomized Controlled Trial on the Use of Virtual Reality for Needle-Related Procedures in Children and Adolescents in the Emergency Department.
Dumoulin, Stéphanie; Bouchard, Stéphane; Ellis, Jacqueline; Lavoie, Kim L; Vézina, Marie-Pier; Charbonneau, Priscilla; Tardif, Jessica; Hajjar, Alain.
Afiliação
  • Dumoulin S; 1Université du Québec à Montréal, Department of Psychology, Montréal, Canada.
  • Bouchard S; 2Université du Québec en Outaouais, Department de Psychoéducation et de Psychologie, Gatineau, Québec, Canada.
  • Ellis J; 2Université du Québec en Outaouais, Department de Psychoéducation et de Psychologie, Gatineau, Québec, Canada.
  • Lavoie KL; 3Centre Intégré de Santé et de Services Sociaux de l'Outaouais, Gatineau, Québec, Canada.
  • Vézina MP; 4University of Ottawa, Department of Psychology/School of Nursing, Ottawa, Canada.
  • Charbonneau P; 4University of Ottawa, Department of Psychology/School of Nursing, Ottawa, Canada.
  • Tardif J; 1Université du Québec à Montréal, Department of Psychology, Montréal, Canada.
  • Hajjar A; 5Research Center, CIUSSS-NIM Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montreal Behavioral Medicine Center, Montreal, Canada.
Games Health J ; 8(4): 285-293, 2019 Aug.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31135178
ABSTRACT

Objective:

A large number of children report fear and distress when undergoing blood work and intravenous placement. In pediatric departments, Child Life interventions are considered to be the gold standard in nonmedical pain management techniques. Virtual reality (VR) has also been identified as an effective tool for pain distraction in children undergoing painful medical procedures. The aim of this study was to document the efficacy of VR as a mode of distraction during a medical procedure compared with two comparison conditions watching television (TV, minimal control condition) and distraction provided by the Child Life (CL, gold standard control condition) program. Materials and

Methods:

A total of 59 children aged 8-17 years (35% female) were recruited through the emergency department (ED) of the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and randomly assigned to one of the three conditions. The key outcome measures were visual analog scale ratings of pain intensity and fear of pain, administrated before and right after the procedure. Patient satisfaction was also measured after the intervention.

Results:

A significant reduction in fear of pain and pain intensity was reported in all three conditions. A larger and statistically significant reduction in fear of pain was observed among children who used VR distraction compared with the CL and TV conditions, but this effect was not observed for pain intensity. The children's satisfaction with the VR procedure was significantly higher than for TV and comparable to CL.

Discussion:

The advantages of using VR in the ED to manage pain in children are discussed.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Flebotomia / Manejo da Dor / Realidade Virtual Tipo de estudo: Clinical_trials / Prognostic_studies Limite: Adolescent / Child / Female / Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: America do norte Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Flebotomia / Manejo da Dor / Realidade Virtual Tipo de estudo: Clinical_trials / Prognostic_studies Limite: Adolescent / Child / Female / Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: America do norte Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article