Anxiety, Fatigue
Conditions
Keywords
virtual reality
Brief summary
It was planned to evaluate the effect of distraction intervention with virtual reality and fatigue education on the level of fatigue and anxiety in children with cancer.
Detailed description
H1: The fatigue scores of the patients who received distraction intervention with virtual reality and were given fatigue training were lower than the group that was given only fatigue training. H2: The anxiety scores of the patients who received distraction intervention with virtual reality and were given fatigue training were lower than the group that was given only fatigue training. Data collection After the child and his family are informed about the study, their written informed consent will be obtained. All children included in the study on the day (day 0) prior to the start of chemotherapy treatment will be given training on fatigue. In order to determine how he felt and his level of fatigue on the day of the training, it was planned to apply the Child Anxiety Scale-State (CAS-D), Child Fatigue Scale-24 Hours and Visual Fatigue Scale at 16.00 (pretest). After randomization is achieved, a distraction intervention will be applied once a day for 10-15 minutes with virtual glasses on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd days of the chemotherapy treatment of the children in the study group. This intervention is planned to take place between 14.00-15.00 in the afternoon.
Interventions
DEVICEvirtual reality and fatigue education
virtual reality distraction for 3 days and fatigue education for children
BEHAVIORALfatigue education
fatigue education for children
Sponsors
Dokuz Eylul University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
7 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Be between 7-18 years old * Inpatient chemotherapy treatment for more than three days * 4 weeks over the time of diagnosis (not in the induction phase) * Having a hemoglobin level above the criteria for transfusion of blood products (8 mg/dl for hematological malignancies, below 7 mg/dl for oncological malignancies). * The child voluntarily agrees to participate in the study and consent is obtained from the child and parent
Exclusion criteria
* Being in terminal period * undergoing a surgical operation * Unwillingness to participate in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| fatigue | pretest, 1., 2. and 3. days of chemotheraphy | Child Fatigue Scale-24 Hours: It consists of 10 items related to the perception of fatigue in children with cancer. The items in the scale contain statements that will show the child's experience of fatigue-related symptoms in the last 24 hours. The items were arranged according to likert scoring between 'never (1)' and 'a lot (5)'. |
| anxiety | pretest, 1., 2. and 3. days of chemotheraphy | The Children's Anxiety Meter (CAM-S). The Children's Anxiety Meter assesses children's anxiety and uses before medical procedures. This scale is drawn like a thermometer with a bulb at the bottom and also includes horizontal lines at intervals going up to the top (0-10). This scale ranges from 0 to 10. Higher values represent higher anxiety |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed