1. Distracting children with virtual reality during otomicroscopy: A randomised control trial.
- Author
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Galst IM, Høxbro Knudsen M, and Hjuler T
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- Humans, Child, Female, Male, Child, Preschool, Adolescent, Pain Measurement, Otoscopy methods, Microsurgery methods, Pain, Procedural prevention & control, Pain, Procedural etiology, Virtual Reality
- Abstract
Objectives: Virtual Reality (VR) is a successful distraction method for reducing procedure-related pain in children, though it has never been studied during otomicroscopy. Therefore, we investigated the efficacy of VR as a distraction method during otomicroscopy., Methods: This Randomised Control Trial (RCT) included 60 children aged 4-15 years. The patients were randomised to receive distraction by VR, tablet, or no distraction. Procedure-related pain was scored by patients and compared with previous examinations., Results: Patients' experience with otomicroscopy was significantly improved with VR compared to tablet (p < 0.05) and no distraction (p < 0.01). Pain scores did not differ significantly between groups., Conclusion: VR did not reduce pain scores, but it improved the children's experience with otomicroscopy without causing significant adverse outcomes., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2024
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