Use of Virtual Reality Mask During Blood and Skin Allergic Tests in 7 to 13 Children
Evaluation of the Use of a Virtual Reality Mask During Blood Tests and Prick Tests Performed in Allergic Children Aged 7 to 13 Years: a Multicenter, Randomized Trial
University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
300 participants
Sep 23, 2022
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
Main objective : Evaluate the effect of using a virtual reality mask during the blood test and pricks tests in allergic children aged from 7 to 13 years. Hypothesis : Using virtual reality mask during blood test and pricks tests for allergic kids from 7 to 13 would reduce anxiety and pain
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria4
- Children from 7 to 13 years old requiring blood test and prick tests in pediatric consultation at the Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital and in the pediatric's day hospital at the Saint-Etienne University Hospital
- Subjects and their parents who were informed about the study and gave informed consent
- Enrollment in the Social Security system
- Children and parents able to use the self-report scales proposed in the study
Exclusion Criteria7
- Children from 7 to 13 :
- presenting a contraindication to the use of the virtual reality mask: heart disease, epilepsy, psychiatric illness (major anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder)
- Having a modification of pain's integration (spina bifida for example)
- Having received an analgesic before the care
- Requiring contact isolation
- With a history of seizures or motion sickness
- Refusal of the parents and/or the child
Interventions
virtual reality mask Deepsen® with age-appropriate software Birdy®
usual process
Locations(2)
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NCT05378581