Effect of virtual reality distraction on pain among patients with hand injury undergoing dressing change

Chunlan Guo, Hongyan Deng and Jian Yang

Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2015, vol. 24, issue 1-2, 115-120

Abstract: Aims and objectives To assess the effect of virtual reality distraction on pain among patients with a hand injury undergoing a dressing change. Background Virtual reality distraction can effectively alleviate pain among patients undergoing a dressing change. Clinical research has not addressed pain control during a dressing change. Design A randomised controlled trial was performed. Methods In the first dressing change sequence, 98 patients were randomly divided into an experimental group and a control group, with 49 cases in each group. Pain levels were compared between the two groups before and after the dressing change using a visual analog scale. The sense of involvement in virtual environments was measured using the Pearson correlation coefficient analysis, which determined the relationship between the sense of involvement and pain level. Results The difference in visual analog scale scores between the two groups before the dressing change was not statistically significant (t = 0·196, p > 0·05), but the scores became statistically significant after the dressing change (t = −30·792, p

Date: 2015
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