Virtual Reality for Distraction and Relaxation in a Pediatric Hospital Setting: An Interventional Study With a Mixed-Methods Design.

ABSTRACT: Accumulating evidence supports the use of virtual reality (VR) as an effective pain and anxiety management tool for pediatric patients during specific medical procedures in dedicated patient groups. However, VR is still not widely adopted in everyday clinical practice. Feasibility and acceptability measures of clinicians' experiences are often missing in studies, thereby omitting an important stakeholder in VR use in a clinical setting. Therefore, the aim of this mixed-methods study was to investigate the feasibility, acceptability, tolerability (primary outcomes), and preliminary effectiveness (secondary outcome) of Relaxation-VR in both pediatric patients aged 4-16 years and clinicians. Relaxation-VR is a VR application prototype aimed to provide distraction and relaxation for a variety

SUBMITTER: Bernaerts S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9192964 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature