Virtual Reality on Pain and Fear Level During Kirschner Wires (K-Wires) Removal in Children

Effect of Virtual Reality on Pain and Fear Level During Kirschner Wires (K-Wires) Removal and Dressing in Children

This study will be conducted to examine the effect of virtual reality applied during K-wire removal and dressing on the pain and fear levels that develop due to the procedure in children aged 7-12 years who apply to the orthopedic outpatient clinic.

Technology-based methods have now begun to be used to control anxiety and prevent pain that may occur before, during and after diagnosis and treatment procedures in children.

Virtual reality (VR), which is among the technological products, can be used in non-pharmacological methods as well as pharmacological methods.

It has been observed that VR, especially in children, creates an analgesic effect by mainly distracting the pain centers in the brain and evokes positive emotions with an anxiolytic effect.Since children do not want to see the procedures to be performed on them, virtual reality used during the procedure is one of the methods of diverting attention from the environment they are in. This study will be conducted to examine the effect of virtual reality applied during K-wire removal and dressing on the pain and fear levels that develop due to the procedure in children aged 7-12 years who apply to the orthopedic outpatient clinic.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being a child between the ages of 7-12 who will have the K wire removed
• The child is not using glasses
• The child must be at a cognitive development level that can respond to video selection.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having a disease that causes chronic pain
• The child must have used medication that would have an analgesic effect in the last 24 hours before the application.
• The child is wearing glasses
• The child has a mental or neurological disability