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Use of Virtual Reality Mask During Blood and Skin Allergic Tests in 7 to 13 Children

Evaluation of the Use of a Virtual Reality Mask During Blood Tests and Prick Tests Performed in Allergic Children Aged 7 to 13 Years: a Multicenter, Randomized Trial

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About This Trial

Main objective : Evaluate the effect of using a virtual reality mask during the blood test and pricks tests in allergic children aged from 7 to 13 years. Hypothesis : Using virtual reality mask during blood test and pricks tests for allergic kids from 7 to 13 would reduce anxiety and pain

Who May Be Eligible (Plain English)

Who May Qualify: - Children from 7 to 13 years old requiring blood test and prick tests in pediatric consultation at the Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital and in the pediatric's day hospital at the Saint-Etienne University Hospital - Subjects and their parents who were informed about the study and gave willing to sign a consent form - Enrollment in the Social Security system - Children and parents able to use the self-report scales proposed in the study Who Should NOT Join This Trial: Children from 7 to 13 : - presenting a contraindication to the use of the virtual reality mask: heart disease, epilepsy, psychiatric illness (major anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder) - Having a modification of pain's integration (spina bifida for example) - Having received an analgesic before the care - Requiring contact isolation - With a history of seizures or motion sickness - Refusal of the parents and/or the child Always talk to your doctor about whether this trial is right for you.

Original Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria: * Children from 7 to 13 years old requiring blood test and prick tests in pediatric consultation at the Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital and in the pediatric's day hospital at the Saint-Etienne University Hospital * Subjects and their parents who were informed about the study and gave informed consent * Enrollment in the Social Security system * Children and parents able to use the self-report scales proposed in the study Exclusion Criteria: Children from 7 to 13 : * presenting a contraindication to the use of the virtual reality mask: heart disease, epilepsy, psychiatric illness (major anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder) * Having a modification of pain's integration (spina bifida for example) * Having received an analgesic before the care * Requiring contact isolation * With a history of seizures or motion sickness * Refusal of the parents and/or the child

Treatments Being Tested

DEVICE

Virtual reality mask

virtual reality mask Deepsen® with age-appropriate software Birdy®

OTHER

control arm

usual process

Locations (2)

CHU de Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand, France
CHU de Saint Etienne
Saint-Etienne, France