Virtual reality vs. tablet video as an experiential education platform of venipuncture procedure in pediatric patients in terms of procedural pain and anxiety

UMIN ID: UMIN000049307

Registered date:26/10/2022

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Complete: follow-up continuing
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: Anxiety and pain of pediatric patients during venipuncture procedure
• Date of first enrollment: 2022/10/31
• Target sample size: 90
• Countries of recruitment: Asia(except Japan)
• Study type: Interventional

Intervention(s)

Before the blood examination, pediatric patients of intervention group are educated using virtual reality program introducing the procedural process and presenting the virtual experience of the examination.
Before the blood examination, pediatric patients of intervention group are educated using tablet video introducing the procedural process and presenting the virtual experience of the examination.

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: - The children hospital of eastern ontario pain scale (CHEOPS) for the anxiety and pain during venipuncture procedure
• Secondary Outcome: - Time needed to perform venipuncture - Number of attempts required for successful venipuncture - Difficulty of performing venipuncture by numerical rating scale (NRS); Health workers estimate the difficulty after the examination - Parent satisfaction about the examination process by NRS; The parent estimate the satisfaction after the examination - Visual analogue scale of the pain expected to occur during venipuncture; pediatric patients estimate VAS score before the intervention

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: 4years-old
• Age maximum: 8years-old
• Gender: Male and Female
• Exclude criteria: - Preterm birth or chronic disease - Developmental delay - Hearing or visual impairment - Affective Disorder - History of epilepsy - Previous experience of blood examination within the last year

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: National Research Foundation of Korea