Efficacy of Mindfulness as an Intervention in the Pediatric Emergency Department

Completed

Conditions studied: Anxiety Fear, Pain

In brief

Non-pharmacological interventions including distraction techniques (ie., games, ipads, bubbles, stickers) are standard of care in reducing situation anxiety for children in the pediatric emergency department. The goal of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of a mindfulness based virtual reality (mbVR) tool (Take-Pause) for pediatric patients age \> 12 years. The study team will be providing children with a virtual reality experience upon arrival to the emergency department and measuring the effectiveness of the intervention versus standard of care (Ipads, games). Subjective measurements will include questionnaires and objective measurements will include vital signs.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03690531

Run by

Antonios Likourezos

People needed

110

Starts

2018-11-28

Expected to finish

2019-08-31

Last updated by the study team

2019-10-31

Who can join

Age: 13 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients presenting to the pediatric emergency room
• aged 13 years to 17 years
• understand and can complete instructions in English
• English-speaking.
• Participants must also be conscious and not in need of immediate interventions

You may not qualify if…

• Anxiolytic or opioid analgesic given in triage,
• developmental delay
• seizure
• significant visual impairment
• hearing impairment
• prone to motion sickness

Where it is running

• Maimonides Medical Center — Brooklyn, New York, United States

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