NCT05818748

Effect Of Virtual Reality Distraction on Symptom Control and Anxiety in Children With Leukemia

Effect Of Virtual Reality Distraction on Symptom Control and Anxiety in Children With Leukemia: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Dokuz Eylul University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 7 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aim to evaluate the effect of virtual reality distraction on symptom management and anxiety in children aged 7-18 years with leukemia.

Detailed description

While the virtual reality initiative was applied to the children in the study group, no harm was given to the children in the control group. The virtual reality distraction method will not be applied to the control group. After the child and his family are informed about the study, their written informed consent will be obtained. When the patients were admitted to the clinic the day before chemotherapy treatment was started, the symptom screening scale and anxiety scale will be applied. Control Group: The researcher stated that no additional procedure will be applied to the children in the control group and that the symptom screening scale and anxiety measurement will be obtained by explaining that he/she should evaluate the scale every day for 3 days. VR group; A distraction intervention will be applied for 10-15 minutes once a day with VR glasses. The symptom screening scale and anxiety measurement will be obtained by explaining that he/she should evaluate the scale every day for 3 days.

Conditions

• Symptom Cluster
• Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	virtual reality	virtual reality distraction

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-03-30
• Primary completion: 2024-03-30
• Completion: 2024-03-30
• First posted: 2023-04-19
• Last updated: 2023-04-19

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)