Virtual reality as a strategy to reduce pain in children and adolescents during venipuncture

Authors

  • Ingrid Durán Anrique Universidad de Valparaíso
  • Angélica Mosqueda Díaz Universidad de Valparaíso

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22370/bre.61.2021.2992.

Keywords:

Pain, pain management, virtual Reality, child, adolescent (DeCS- Bireme)

Abstract

Objective To analyze the existing literature on the effectiveness of the use of virtual reality in reducing pain in children and adolescents undergoing venipuncture. Method: narrative review, using the LILACS, Web of science, Pubmed, Scopus and Ovid Medline databases. Articles from the last 5 years were included, in full text, in Spanish, English and Portuguese. As inclusion criteria, the title incorporated the use of virtual reality in children and adolescents between 4 and 19 years of age, undergoing venipuncture. The selection was limited to original articles, critically analyzed according
to CASPE guidelines, obtaining 13 investigations. Results: The literature review included experimental, prospective and cohort studies, 38.4% conducted in Turkey and 15.3% in the United States. In 76.9% of the investigations, the use of virtual reality was effective in reducing the perception of pain. Conclusions: the use of virtual reality during venipuncture is an effective distraction intervention that significantly reduces the perception of self-reported pain in children and adolescents aged 4 to 19 years, obtaining lower scores on pain scales, compared to groups to which virtual reality was not applied.

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Published

2021-11-12

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Review Articles