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

Summary

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

Eligibility

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

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