4 research outputs found
Virtual Reality Exposure to Prepare Children for Surgery: Effects on Anxiety and Pain
We have developed a psychological intervention to prepare children for surgery under general anesthesia. This intervention consists of Virtual Reality Exposure. The effectiveness of this intervention to reduce anxiety and pain has been investigated in a randomized controlled trial
Snake pictures draw more early attention than spider pictures in non-phobic women: Evidence from event-related brain potentials
Snakes were probably the first predators of mammals and may have been important agents of evolutionary changes in the primate visual system allowing rapid visual detection of fearful stimuli (Isbell, 2006). By means of early and late attention-related brain potentials, we examined the hypothesis that more early visual attention is automatically allocated to snakes than to spiders. To measure the early posterior negativity (EPN), 24 healthy, non-phobic women watched the random rapid serial presentation of 600 snake pictures, 600 spider pictures, and 600 bird pictures (three pictures per second). To measure the late positive potential (LPP), they also watched similar pictures (30 pictures per stimulus category) in a non-speeded presentation. The EPN amplitude was largest for snake pictures, intermediate for spider pictures and smallest for bird pictures. The LPP was significantly larger for both snake and spider pictures when compared to bird pictures. Interestingly, spider fear (as measured by a questionnaire) was associated with EPN amplitude for spider pictures, whereas snake fear was not associated with EPN amplitude for snake pictures. The results suggest that ancestral priorities modulate the early capture of visual attention and that early attention to snakes is more innate and independent of reported fear
Predicting Intense Levels of Child Anxiety During Anesthesia Induction at Hospital Arrival
In children, intense levels of anxiety during anesthetic induction are associated with a higher risk of pain, poor recovery, and emergence delirium. Therefore, it is important to identify these high-risk children at hospital arrival. The current study examined internalizing behavior (Child Behavior Checklist, CBCL) and state anxiety measures (modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale, mYPAS, and State Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children, STAIC) at hospital arrival as predictors of anxiety during induction of anesthesia. One hundred children (aged 4 to 12Â years) undergoing elective daycare surgery were included. The STAIC and mYPAS at hospital arrival were significant predictors of anxiety during induction, whereas CBCL was not. The STAIC state form at hospital arrival was the strongest predictor and could be used to identify children who will experience intense levels of anxiety during anesthetic induction, with sufficient to good diagnostic accuracy. Using the STAIC at hospital arrival allows targeted interventions to reduce anxiety in children
Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Virtual Reality in Pediatrics
BACKGROUND: Medical procedures often evoke pain and anxiety in pediatric patients. Virtual reality (VR) is a relatively new intervention that can be used to provide distraction during, or to prepare
patients for, medical procedures. This meta-analysis is the first to collate evidence on the effectiveness of VR on reducing pain and anxiety in pediatric patients undergoing medical procedures.
METHODS: On April 25, 2018, we searched EMBASE, MEDLINE, CENTRAL, PubMed, Web of
Science, and PsycINFO with the keywords “VR,” “children,” and “adolescents.” Studies that
applied VR in a somatic setting with participants ≤21 years of age were included. VR was defined
as a fully immersive 3-dimensional environment displayed in surround stereoscopic vision on a
head-mounted display (HMD). We evaluated pain and anxiety outcomes during medical procedures in VR and standard care conditions.
RESULTS: We identified 2889 citations, of which 17 met our inclusion criteria. VR was applied
as distraction (n = 16) during venous access, dental, burn, or oncological care or as exposure
(n = 1) before elective surgery under general anesthesia. The effect of VR was mostly studied in
patients receiving burn care (n = 6). The overall weighted standardized mean difference (SMD) for
VR was 1.30 (95% CI, 0.68–1.91) on patient-reported pain (based on 14 studies) and 1.32 (95%
CI, 0.21–2.44) on patient-reported anxiety (based on 7 studies). T