Effect of Virtual Reality Technology on Sleeping Pattern and Its Effect on Physiological Parameters among Critical Ill Children | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 26, Volume 13, Issue 2, June 2022, Pages 373-384 PDF (547.38 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.230017 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Asmaa Awad Helmy1; Hanan Elsayed Metwally Mansour2; Eman Abd-Elaziz Mohamed3; Manal Mohamed Ahmed Ayed4 | ||
| 1Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Helwan University, Egypt | ||
| 2Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt | ||
| 3Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, South Valley University, Egypt | ||
| 4Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Sohag University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Critical ill children in critical care units (CCUs) require adequate sleep to sustain their mental and physical health. The aim: of the study was to evaluate the effect of virtual reality technology on sleeping patterns and its effect on physiological parameters among critically ill children in CCUs. Subject and Methods: Design: To achieve the study's aim a quasi-experimental research design was utilized. Setting: The study was conducted in the Pediatric Critical Care Units affiliated at Sohag University Hospital. Sample: A purposive sample of 100 critically ill children was included, randomly assigned equally into a study and control group (Study group involved 50 critically ill children, they used virtual reality technology and 50 critically ill children in the control group not using virtual reality technology. Three tools were used to collect data: (I) Demographic characteristics of critically ill children (II) ST Mary’s Hospital Sleep questionnaires and (III) physiological parameters assessment tool (Temperature, Pulse, Respiration, and Blood Pressure). Results: The study result showed that the majority of critically ill children have significant sleep disturbance pre using virtual reality technology, but post virtual reality technology intervention the majority of critically ill children did not have sleep disturbance compared to one fifth in the control group had only mild sleep disturbance, which associated positively with improving physiological parameters. In critically ill children in CCUs, poor sleep quality causes significant alterations in Temperature, Pulse, Respiration, and Blood Pressure. Conclusion: The study concluded that virtual reality technology had positive effects that improved sleeping pattern and physiological parameters among critically ill children in the study group than those in the control group. Recommendations: The present study recommended that virtual reality distraction technology should be integrated as a part of the routine care of critically ill children in CCUs. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Critically ill children; physiological parameters; sleep pattern; virtual reality technology | ||
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