Abstract
Hospitalization is stressful condition for children of all age groups. Venipuncture is one of the common painful procedures performed in hospital. Inserting intravenous catheter is one of the most painful and frequent acts for children in hospitals, most children express this method as the most stressful and violent course of treatment. The present study attempts to assess the effectiveness of virtual reality on pain during venipuncture among preschool age children at selected hospital in Chennai. METHODOLOGY The research design used in this study was experimental post test only design and it was conducted in the paediatric general ward at Aiswarya hospital, Chennai. Samples were selected based on sample selection criteria, 60 samples were selected with lottery method with 30 experimental and 30 control group. The gadget virtual reality was administered for the experimental group, and the control group routine hospital care during the venipuncture the level of pain was assessed by using FLACC scale. RESULTS The findings revealed, The mean score value of level of pain for control group was 6.47 with standard deviation of 0.78 (3.17 ± 0.27) and the experimental group was 3.30 with 1.29 (3.30 ± 1.29) .
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