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Virtual reality technology reduces the pain and anxiety of children undergoing vein puncture: a meta-analysis.
- Source :
- BMC Nursing; 8/7/2024, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p1-10, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Background: Pain management is an important part of nursing care for children. The objective of this study was to systematically assess the impact of virtual reality (VR) technology on alleviating the pain and anxiety experienced by children during venipuncture procedures. Methods: This study searched Pubmed, Web of Sciences, Scopus, The Cochrane Library, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Embase, Medline, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang, Weipu and China biomedical databases on the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of virtual reality technology for relieving pain and anxiety associated with venous puncture for children up to July 6, 2024. Risk of bias tool recommended by Cochrane library was used to evaluate the RCT quality. RevMan 5.3 software was used for statistical analysis. Results: A total of 10 RCTs involving 874 children were included. 429 children received VR intervention during vein puncture. VR was beneficial to reduce the children's self-reported pain scores [SMD=-0.48, 95% CI (− 0.61, − 0.35)], children's caregivers reported needle-related pain level [SMD=-0.93, 95% CI (-1.45, − 0.42)], children's self-reported anxiety scores [SMD=-0.45, 95% CI (− 0.65, − 0.25)], children's caregivers reported needle-related anxiety level [SMD=-0.47, 95% CI (− 0.73, − 0.21)]. Egger regression tests indicated that there were no publication biases in the synthesized outcomes (all P > 0.05). Conclusions: VR technology has been shown to effectively mitigate the pain and anxiety experienced by children during venipuncture. Despite the positive findings, more research is needed to better understand the role of VR in children undergoing venipuncture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PREVENTION of surgical complications
ANXIETY prevention
MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems
CINAHL database
TREATMENT effectiveness
META-analysis
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
VENOUS puncture
VIRTUAL reality
MEDLINE
SYSTEMATIC reviews
PAIN
MEDICAL databases
ONLINE information services
QUALITY assurance
DATA analysis software
EVALUATION
CHILDREN
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14726955
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- BMC Nursing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 178878354
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-024-02184-5