Status:

UNKNOWN

Effects of Virtual Reality, External Cold and Vibration to Children During IM Injection on Pain, Fear and Anxiety

Lead Sponsor:

Akdeniz University

Conditions:

Procedural Pain

Fear

Eligibility:

All Genders

5-10 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

A randomized controlled trial is conducted to evaluation of the effects of virtual reality and local cold-vibration applications in reducing anxiety, fear and pain due to intramuscular (IM) injection ...

Detailed Description

Intramuscular (IM) intervention is a parenteral administration method that is frequently used in children and causes pain. In cases such as inadequacies in pain management and inability to prevent pai...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • The child is between the ages of 5 and 10
  • Having intramuscular (IM) injection therapy
  • Absence of Audio-Visual-Sensation loss problem
  • No communication problem
  • Absence of mental retardation
  • Absence of a disease causing chronic pain
  • No history of fainting during injection
  • Not taking any analgesic medication in the last 4 hours

Exclusion

  • Failure of IM application at one time
  • The child in the virtual reality application group removes the virtual reality glasses during the IM injection.
  • The child in the group receiving Buzzy application removes the Buzzy device during IM injection.
  • Not wanting to fill the scales after the application
  • Diagnosis or suspicion of COVID-19 (having any of the symptoms such as fever, cough, respiratory distress, chest pain, loss of taste and smell, sore throat, contact with a COVID-19 positive person)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 27 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

117 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05434832

Start Date

June 1 2019

End Date

June 27 2022

Last Update

June 28 2022

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Ayşegül İşler Dalgiç

Antalya, Akdeniz University, Turkey (Türkiye), 07058