Status:
COMPLETED
Distraction Using VR for Children During IV in an Emergency Department
Lead Sponsor:
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Conditions:
Pain
Fear
Eligibility:
All Genders
7-12 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
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 o...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 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
- 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
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 31 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
136 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04081935
Start Date
December 1 2017
End Date
May 31 2018
Last Update
September 9 2019
Active Locations (1)
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National Yang-Ming University
Taipei, Taiwan, 112