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Virtual reality education for preventing safety incidents in pediatric hospital settings: Quasi-experimental design

Raim Hyeon1, Won-Oak Oh1

  • 1College of Nursing, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, South Korea.

Journal of Pediatric Nursing
|November 19, 2024
PubMed

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Virtual reality (VR) education significantly improved hospitalized children's safety knowledge, awareness, and behavior compared to standard care. This VR program offers an engaging and effective method for pediatric patient safety education.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Nursing
  • Health Education
  • Virtual Reality Applications

Background:

  • Hospitalized children are vulnerable to safety incidents.
  • Traditional safety education methods may lack engagement for young patients.
  • Developing innovative educational tools is crucial for improving patient safety in pediatric wards.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and analyze a virtual reality (VR)-based program for preventing safety incidents in hospitalized children.
  • To evaluate the effectiveness of VR education in enhancing children's safety knowledge, awareness, and behavior.

Main Methods:

  • A quasi-experimental study was conducted with hospitalized children aged 4-6 years in South Korea.
  • The intervention group received VR-based safety education, while the control group received standard hospital care.
  • Data were collected and analyzed to compare changes in safety knowledge, awareness, and behavior between groups.

Main Results:

  • The VR intervention group showed statistically significant improvements in hospitalization safety knowledge (p=.001), awareness (p<.001), and behavior (p<.001) compared to the control group.
  • The mean change in safety knowledge scores was 1.48 ± 2.27 for the intervention group versus -0.36 ± 2.51 for the control group.
  • Significant positive changes were observed in awareness and behavior scores for the VR intervention group.

Conclusions:

  • VR-based education is an effective intervention for improving safety knowledge, awareness, and behavior in hospitalized children.
  • VR education stimulates greater interest compared to traditional oral education methods.
  • VR programs hold significant potential for enhancing patient safety education in pediatric settings.
Abstract

Keywords:
Accident preventionChild healthHospitalizedPatient educationPatient safetyVirtual reality

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