NCT05281133

Effect Of Virtual Reality Glasses Used During Splint Application On Children's Pain And Anxiety Levels.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: Karabuk University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Years – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study in order to evaluate the effect of virtual reality glasses during splint in children on pain and anxiety due to the procedure.

Detailed description

The study was carried out as a randomized controlled experimental study in order to evaluate the effect of virtual reality glasses during splint in children aged 6-12 years on pain and anxiety due to the procedure. The sample of the research consisted of 80 childrens who came to Karabuk University Training and Research Hospital orthopedic policlinic and emergency between 1 May and 31 October 2021 for the splint application. In the study, two groups consisted of experimental group (n=40) and control group (n=40) were determined. The "Participant Information Form", the "Wong Baker Pain Scale", the "State Anxiety Inventory for Children", virtual reality glasses and pulse oximeter were used to collect data. The pain, anxiety and vital signs of the children in the experimental and control groups were recorded before, during and after the splint. The video chosen by the children in the experimental group was shown with virtual reality glasses during the splint application. In the control group a video wasn't shown during the splint application. Chi square, Mann Whitney U, Bonferroni and Friedman tests were used in the analysis of data.

Conditions

• Pain, Acute
• Anxiety Acute
• Fractures, Bone

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	The group using virtual reality glasses	The video chosen by the children in the experimental group was started 1-2 minutes before the splint with virtual reality glasses and watched for an average of 7 minutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-05-01
• Primary completion: 2021-10-31
• Completion: 2021-10-31
• First posted: 2022-03-16
• Last updated: 2022-03-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)