Effects of Virtual Reality-Based Distraction of Pain, Fear, and Anxiety During Needle-Related Procedures in Children and Adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Needle-related pain, fear, and anxiety can be a deterrent to treatments in children and adolescents. Virtual reality (VR) can be used to manage the poor experience of needle procedures.

Objective

This meta-analysis aimed to examine the effects of VR on pain, fear, and anxiety related to needle procedures in children and adolescents.

Methods

PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library were searched for potentially eligible studies published up to June 2021. The outcomes were pain assessed by the Wong-Baker Faces Pain Scale (WBS) or Faces Pain Scale-Revised (FPS-R), and Visual Analog Scale (VAS), fear assessed by Children's Fear Scale (CFS), and anxiety assessed by Children's Anxiety Meter (CAM), VAS, or CFS. Because of expected heterogeneity among studies, all

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9063726 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature