Clinical trial NCT03980067: Impact of Pre-Sedation Virtual Reality Game on Post-Discharge Negative Behaviors in the Pediatric Emergency Department
Official title: Pediatric Procedural Sedation and the Relationship With Post-Discharge Negative Behavioral Changes in the Emergency Department
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Behavior, Child
Anxiety
Keywords: Virtual Reality
Procedural Sedation
Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale
Post-Hospitalization Behavior Questionnaire
Pediatric
Emergency Department
Ketamine
Lead sponsor: Medical College of Wisconsin
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-06-10
Enrollment: 201
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 6
Maximum age (years): 17
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to evaluate if a virtual reality (VR) distraction game played prior to procedural sedation for long bone fracture reduction will improve post-discharge negative behavior changes following discharge from the pediatric Emergency Department (ED).

Detailed description: This randomized control trial will investigate the use of a virtual reality (VR) distraction game prior to IV ketamine procedural sedation for long bone fracture reduction. Prior studies have demonstrated that children undergoing anesthesia or procedural sedation can have lingering negative behavioral changes lasting several weeks after discharge home. Children who are anxious have higher rates of developing negative behavior changes. Opiate pain control and pre-operative instructional workshops have demonstrated efficacy in decreasing negative behavior outcomes. There is some evidence that distraction techniques, such as VR, can alleviate pre-procedural anxiety and pain during procedures. To our knowledge, evaluating the use of a non-pharmacologic, virtual reality intervention and its effects on reducing post-discharge negative behavior changes following discharge from the Emergency Department has not been evaluated.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Children ages 6 years to 17.5 years old receiving procedural sedation with IV ketamine in the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Emergency Department for long bone fracture reduction

Exclusion Criteria:

* Moderate to severe developmental delay
* Non-English-speaking participants or parent/guardian
* Taking psychotropic medications
* History of severe motion sickness
* Currently experiencing nausea/vomiting
* History of severe visual impairment
* History of seizures
* Expected admission to the hospital post-procedure

Primary outcomes:
measure: Post-Hospitalization Behavior Questionnaire (PHBQ)
timeFrame: 24 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (m-YPAS)
timeFrame: 24 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Milwaukee
country: United States
facility: Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
state: Wisconsin
Study officials:
affiliation: Medical College of Wisconsin
name: Amy Drendel, DO, MS
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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