The Effects of Virtual Reality and Music on Pain, Anxiety, Itching, and Vital Signs
- Conditions
- Vital SignsAnxietyPainAllergyItching
- Interventions
- Other: the music groupOther: The VR glasses group
- Registration Number
- NCT06479967
- Lead Sponsor
- Uludag University
- Brief Summary
Aim: This study aimed to examine the effects of virtual reality and music on pain, anxiety, itching, and vital signs of children during a skin prick test and evaluation.
Background:Virtual reality and music are utilised to reduce pain, anxiety, and itching in children throughout various treatment processes.
Methods: This randomised controlled trial was divided into three groups: Virtual reality (n=30), music (n=30), and control (n=30). Anxiety was assessed before and after the skin prick test using the "State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children"; pain was assessed during and after the skin prick test using the "Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale"; vital signs were measured before, during, and after the skin prick test, and the itch assessment "Visual Analogue Score" was assessed at 5, 10, and fifteen minutes after the skin prick test. The study followed the CONCORT guideline.
- Detailed Description
The Effects of Virtual Reality and Music on Pain, Anxiety, Itching, and Vital Signs During Skin Prick Testing: A Randomized Controlled Trial ABSTRACT Aim: This study aimed to examine the effects of virtual reality and music on pain, anxiety, itching, and vital signs of children during a skin prick test and evaluation.
Background:Virtual reality and music are utilised to reduce pain, anxiety, and itching in children throughout various treatment processes.
Methods: This randomised controlled trial was divided into three groups: Virtual reality (n=30), music (n=30), and control (n=30). Anxiety was assessed before and after the skin prick test using the "State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children"; pain was assessed during and after the skin prick test using the "Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale"; vital signs were measured before, during, and after the skin prick test, and the itch assessment "Visual Analogue Score" was assessed at 5, 10, and fifteen minutes after the skin prick test. The study followed the CONCORT guideline.
Key words: allergy skin test, children, pain, anxiety, itching, virtual reality glasses, music.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 90
- Children aged 9-12 undergoing their initial skin test
- With no cognitive, visual, or auditory impairments
- No recent medical encounters involving pain or anxiety within the past 3 months
- Parents who volunteered for participation in this study.
- Those who are not between the ages of 9 and 12 and have had a skin prick test before
- With cognitive, visual, or auditory impairments,
- Recent medical encounters involving pain or anxiety within the past 3 months,
- Parents who volunteered no for participation in this study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Music the music group The music group listened to classical piano "The Best of Chopin." After the music group took a 1-minute break from listening to music, and the child's pain was assessed with WBFPS. During the 15-minute SPT assessment, the music group continued to listen to the music. During the SPT evaluation, the music group took a 1-minute break from listening to music at 5, 10, and 15 minutes, and the child evaluated the level of itching from 1 to 10. Virtual Reality The VR glasses group The Virtual Reality glasses group watched a cartoon video of "Rafadan Tayfa Gizli Hazine" The VR glasses group watched a cartoon video of "Rafadan Tayfa Gizli Hazine" After the SPT, the VR glasses group took a 1-minute break from watching videos and the child's pain was assessed with WBFPS. During the 15-minute SPT assessment, the VR glasses group continued watching cartoon
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Respiratory Rate 12 weeks Respiratory Rate ( one minute ) (/minute). Between 16-22 / minute
Pain Levels 12 week Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale (a score of "0" to excruciating pain a value of "10")
Anxiety level 12 week State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (minimum score of 20 and a maximum score of 60)
Itching level 12 week Visual Analogue Score ( rate the severity of the itch on a scale of one to ten) maximum 10axsimum 10
Heart Rate 12 weeks Heart Rate ( pulse rate 70-110 ) ( /minute ) In the 9-12 age range, the lower pulse value is 70 and the upper value is 110.
Oxygen Saturation 12 week Oxygen Saturation. ( between % 95-100)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Uludag Üniversty
🇹🇷Bursa, Turkey