The effect of the operating room tour watched with a 3D virtual reality headset on children's fear and anxiety before the surgery–a randomized controlled study

KARAARSLAN D., ERGİN D.

Early Child Development and Care, cilt.194, sa.1, ss.147-165, 2024 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 194 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/03004430.2023.2299376
  • Dergi Adı: Early Child Development and Care
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, ASSIA, IBZ Online, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Child Development & Adolescent Studies, EBSCO Education Source, Education Abstracts, Educational research abstracts (ERA), ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Psycinfo
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.147-165
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Child, fear, anxiety, operating theatre tour, virtual reality
  • Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

A Virtual reality (VR) tour of the operating theatre can provide a realistic experience for children. The sample of children was allocated to VR-Documentary Film Group (n = 35), VR-Operating Theater Tour Group (n = 35) and Control Group (n = 35) using randomization and experimental study. The preoperative fear of the children was assessed (Child Fear Scale-CFS and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children-STAIC for children) by children themselves and their parents, and their preoperative anxiety was assessed (Children's Anxiety Meter-CAM-S) by themselves. Children's fear and anxiety scores decreased in the VR-Operating Theater Tour and VR-Documentary Film groups. In these two groups, there was a significant difference between the CAM-S scores reflecting the children’s evaluations and the CFS scores reflecting the children’s and their parents’ evaluations, and their post-test scores were lower than their pre-test scores. Children’s watching actual operating theatre tour virtually was determined as an effective method in reducing children’s preoperative fear and anxiety levels. Trial registration:ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT05401539.