The effect of Virtual reality education on anxiety and pain during venopuncture procedure in pediatric patients

The effect of Virtual reality education on anxiety and pain during venopuncture procedure in pediatric patients - Virtual reality education of venopuncture procedure for pediatric patients

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000042968

Enrollment

Registered

2021-01-12

Start date

2021-02-02

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Anxiety and pain of pediatric patients during venopuncture procedure

Interventions

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 examin

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Blood examination - 4-8 yrs old

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion 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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
- The children hospital of eastern ontario pain scale (CHEOPS) for the anxiety and pain during venopuncture procedure	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
- Time needed to perform venopuncture - Number of attempts required for successful venopuncture - Difficulty of performing venopuncture 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	—

Measure

Time frame

- Time needed to perform venopuncture - Number of attempts required for successful venopuncture - Difficulty of performing venopuncture 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

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Countries

Asia(except Japan)

Contacts

Public ContactJin-Woo Park

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

jinul8282@gmail.com82-31-787-7499

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026