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To assess how immersive 360-degree educational video in Virtual Reality (VR) affects preoperative fear and postoperative pain in a population of children undergoing tonsillectomy

The Impact of Producing a 360-Degree Virtual Reality Educational Video on Mitigating Preoperative fear and Postoperative Pain in Children Undergoing Tonsillectomy/Adenoidectomy: A Blind, Randomized, Controlled Study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Early Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
TCTR
Registry ID
TCTR20240513003
Enrollment
92
Registered
2024-05-13
Start date
2022-06-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

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Conditions

Preoperative fear and postoperative pain video 360 degree fear pain preoperative pediatrics virtual Reality (VR)

Interventions

The experimental group watched a four-minute virtual reality educational film about the pediatric surgery clinic&#039
s comprehensive preoperative and postoperative procedures,Scales were the only tools used to measure the participants&#039
degrees of anxiety and pain
no further interventions were used during data collection
Experimental Device,Experimental Device
360 degree educational video in VR,received conventional preoperative care

Sponsors

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
6 Years to 12 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: children between the ages of 6 and 12 who were having their first surgery, restricted to outpatient procedures and a single intervention, and who could speak Arabic.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Genetic or congenital abnormalities, chronic sickness, and prior surgical history were among the exclusion criteria.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
pain directly postoperative in PACU and one hour later Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Fear preoperative as abse line and after the children in the experiment group watched the video in VR The Children's Fear Scale

Countries

Palestine

Contacts

Public ContactAidah Alkaissi

An-Najah National University

aidah@najah.edu0597395520

Outcome results

None listed

Source: TCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026