Status:

RECRUITING

Use of Virtual Reality Mask During Blood and Skin Allergic Tests in 7 to 13 Children

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand

Conditions:

Virtual Reality

Children, Only

Eligibility:

All Genders

7-13 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Main objective : Evaluate the effect of using a virtual reality mask during the blood test and pricks tests in allergic children aged from 7 to 13 years. Hypothesis : Using virtual reality mask dur...

Detailed Description

Investigation of food or respiratory allergy is based on prick tests and serum specific immunoglobulin E assays. The nurse often controls the blood test pain but during the skin tests, many children c...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Children from 7 to 13 years old requiring blood test and prick tests in pediatric consultation at the Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital and in the pediatric's day hospital at the Saint-Etienne University Hospital
  • Subjects and their parents who were informed about the study and gave informed consent
  • Enrollment in the Social Security system
  • Children and parents able to use the self-report scales proposed in the study

Exclusion

  • Children from 7 to 13 :
  • presenting a contraindication to the use of the virtual reality mask: heart disease, epilepsy, psychiatric illness (major anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder)
  • Having a modification of pain's integration (spina bifida for example)
  • Having received an analgesic before the care
  • Requiring contact isolation
  • With a history of seizures or motion sickness
  • Refusal of the parents and/or the child

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 23 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

September 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

300 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05378581

Start Date

September 23 2022

End Date

September 1 2026

Last Update

July 30 2025

Active Locations (2)

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CHU de Clermont-Ferrand

Clermont-Ferrand, France, 63000

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CHU de Saint Etienne

Saint-Etienne, France, 42000