Child and Parent Perspectives on the Acceptability of Virtual Reality to Mitigate Medical Trauma in an Infusion Center

• Published in: Maternal and child health journal Vol. 24; no. 8; pp. 986 - 997
• Main Authors: Easterlin, Molly C., Berdahl, Carl T., Rabizadeh, Shervin, Spiegel, Brennan, Agoratus, Lauren, Hoover, Clarissa, Dudovitz, Rebecca
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.08.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Anxiety; Anxiety - prevention & control; Anxiety - psychology; Anxiety - therapy; Child; Children & youth; Childrens health; Female; Gynecology; Humans; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - psychology; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - therapy; Interviews as Topic - methods; Male; Maternal & child health; Maternal and Child Health; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Pain; Pain management; Pain Management - methods; Parents & parenting; Parents - psychology; Patient Acceptance of Health Care - psychology; Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data; Patients - psychology; Patients - statistics & numerical data; Pediatrics; Population Economics; Psychological Distress; Public Health; Qualitative Research; Sociology; Stress; Trauma; Virtual Reality; Children and youth with special heath care needs; Inflammatory bowel disease; Qualitative; Virtual reality; Medical trauma

Introduction Children may experience medical trauma when undergoing medical procedures even when procedures are minor. While virtual reality (VR) is effective for managing procedural pain and anxiety, few studies address how families feel about using VR. We explore pediatric patient and guardian vie...