THE EFFECT OF VIRTUAL REALITY ON CHILDREN'S ANXIETY, FEAR, AND PAIN LEVELS BEFORE CIRCUMCISION IN TURKEY

The investigator explained the use of VR glasses to the children in the VR group. The investigator selected two VR programs to be watched by the children. In the VR program named Amazon, the child perceives himself to be walking among the trees in the Amazon forests. The other VR program gives the child a feeling of water skiing. Before commencement of the study, the VR applications were administered to five children aged between five and ten years, and these children shared no negative feedback about the VR programs. Before the surgery, the children were allowed to watch the VR program of their choice, the average duration of which was 4.5 minutes, using the VR glasses. Parts of the device that come in contact with the children's faces were cleaned before each application