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

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Aims: This study aimed to develop and analyze a virtual reality (VR)-based safety incident prevention program for hospitalized children. Design and methods: This quasi-experimental study investigated the effects of a VR-based safety incident prevention education program among children hospitalized in a hospital in South Korea. The participants were children aged 4-6 years admitted to a pediatric ward between April 1, 2021, and March 31, 2022. The experimental group received the VR-based safety incident prevention program immediately after-and on the second day of-admission, whereas the control group received the usual hospital intervention. Results: After implementing the VR-based safety incident prevention education among the hospitalized children, the mean change in post-pre-test scores for hospitalization safety knowledge was 1.48 +/- 2.27 for the intervention and -0.36 +/- 2.51 for the control group (p = .001). The change in scores for awareness was 0.49 +/- 0.22 for the intervention and -0.07 +/- 0.37 for the control group (p < .001). The changes in scores for behavior were 0.53 +/- 0.41 and -0.05 +/- 0.37 for the intervention and control group (p < .001). Conclusions: This study's results demonstrate that VR-based education is an effective intervention that can stimulate children's interest better than the existing oral education and can be useful as a means of education in pediatric wards. Implication to practice: VR-based educational programs can be effectively utilized to prevent safety incidents among hospitalized children. Pediatric nurses are recommended to integrate the advantages of VR-based educational programs into their clinical practice to enhance patient safety. (c) 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies.

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