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Effect of Virtual Reality Goggles and Stress Ball Use on Pain and Fear During IV Catheterization in Children

NCT06466551 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 75

Last updated 2025-08-13

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Summary

Although distraction methods such as virtual reality glasses, watching videos, watching cartoons, etc. have been reported to reduce pain in the literature, studies on which method is more effective in reducing pain are limited. Considering the developmental period characteristics, virtual reality glasses and stress ball squeezing may be effective in the 6-12 age group during painful intervention. However, no study has been found in the literature on which technique is more effective (9-23). Therefore, investigating the effects of virtual reality goggles and stress ball squeezing on pain and fear in children aged 6-12 years as a distraction method during intravenous catheterization may enable nurses to determine the technique with high clinical usefulness in pain management.

Conditions

  • Pain, Procedural
  • Anxiety
  • Pain Management

Interventions

OTHER

intravenous catheterization

This randomized experimental study was planned to examine the effect of virtual reality goggles and squeezing a stress ball as a distraction method during intravenous catheter application on pain and fear in children aged 6-12 years.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Toros University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Didem Polat Külcü, Dr. · Toros University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-06-15
Primary Completion
2024-12-20
Completion
2025-04-01

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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