The Effects of Using an Interactive Game With Virtual Reality for Children During Intravenous Placement

The Effects of Using an Interactive Game With Virtual Reality to Reduce the Pain and Fear for Children During an Intravenous Placement

To develop the intervention strategies of hospitalized school-age children with IV placement, using interactive virtual reality(VR)as a guiding play and emotional catharsis play, to further examine the effectiveness of reducing IV pain and fear.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children ages 6-12.
• Children who where clearly conscious.
• Children who agreed and were required to receive intravenous injections after physicians' diagnoses.
• Children and their primary caregivers who could communicate in Mandarin or Taiwanese
• Children and their primary caregivers who could read Chinese that agreed to participate in this study and sign written consent forms

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children with developmental delay, epilepsy, or heart diseases
• Children undergoing chemotherapy; children who were visually or hearing impaired
• Children who were nearsighted with more than 8.0 diopters or farsighted with 5.0 diopters.
• Children who had sustained head trauma in the past month
• Children who were confirmed to be obese according to the recommended body mass index values for children and adolescents
• Children who required blood transfusions and blood preparation to be performed according to physician diagnoses
• Children who received two or more intravenous injections and had their blood drawn only one time