Paediatric Peri-operative Anxiety: Does the Little Journey App Help?

"The Little Journey app allows children to explore 360-degree hospital environments familiarising and desensitising them to areas and staff they'll see on the day of surgery. Children can visit the day case ward, anaesthetic and recovery rooms where their operation will occur -all while feeling safe in their own home. As the child explores the three areas, they are introduced to animated characters of staff who explain what will happen, the equipment that will be used and how they might feel. Using head tracking technology, the child triggers the animated characters by looking at them; meaning they control the pace of learning and speed at which they progress. The preparatory tool follows a pre-set story-line reflecting what happens from admission to discharge on the day of surgery."