Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, sleep quality and pain are the common symptoms experienced by children with cancer. These symptoms significantly devastate the children's quality of life. Hypnosis is found to be effective in managing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, sleep quality and pain in children with cancer. In addition, virtual reality is shown to promote the effectiveness of hypnosis in managing these symptoms. However, no study so far has examine it effectiveness in Hong Kong Chinese children with cancer. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness in the use a virtual reality device to improve chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, sleep quality and pain among children with cancer in Hong Kong.
This study is a randomized controlled trial. We recruit 180 children with cancer who are aged 9 to 18 and Chinese speaking and allocate them into experimental and control group. The experimental group will receive a 15-minute hypnosis using virtual reality when they are experiencing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, sleep quality or pain. The control group will receive no intervention.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
180
Children will be required to wear a VR gadget for hypnosis when they are experiencing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, sleep quality or pain. The duration is 15 minutes.
The Pediatric Nausea Assessment Tool (PeNAT) at the 6-month follow-up
Children will be required o fill in the Chinese version of the Pediatric Nausea Assessment Tool (PeNAT) at 6-month follow-up. The score ranges from 1 to 4. Higher scores represent a more severe nausea.
Time frame: at the 6-month follow-up
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) at the 6-month follow-up
Children will be required to fill in the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) at the 6-month follow-up. The score ranges from 0 to 21. Higher scores represent to poorer sleep quality.
Time frame: at the 6-month follow-up
Visual Analogue Pain Scale (VAS) at the 6-month follow-up
Children will be required to fill in the Visual Analogue Pain Scale (VAS) at 6-month follow-up. The score ranges from 0 to 10. Higher scores represent a higher level of pain.
Time frame: at the 6-month follow-up
The Pediatric Nausea Assessment Tool (PeNAT) at baseline
Children will be required to fill in the Chinese version of the Pediatric Nausea Assessment Tool (PeNAT) at baseline. The score ranges from 1 to 4. Higher scores represent a more severe nausea.
Time frame: at baseline
The Pediatric Nausea Assessment Tool (PeNAT) at 1-month follow-up
Children will be required to fill in the Chinese version of the Pediatric Nausea Assessment Tool (PeNAT) at 1-month follow-up.The score ranges from 1 to 4. Higher scores represent a more severe nausea.
Time frame: at 1-month follow-up
The Pediatric Nausea Assessment Tool (PeNAT) at 3-month follow-up
Children will be required to fill in the Chinese version of the Pediatric Nausea Assessment Tool (PeNAT) at 3-month follow-up. The score ranges from 1 to 4. Higher scores represent a more severe nausea.
Time frame: at 3-month follow-up
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) at baseline
Children will be required to fill in the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) at baseline. The score ranges from 0 to 21. Higher scores represent to poorer sleep quality.
Time frame: at baseline
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) at 1-month follow-up
Children will be required to fill in the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) at 1-month follow-up. The score ranges from 0 to 21. Higher scores represent to poorer sleep quality.
Time frame: at 1-month follow-up
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) at 3-month follow-up
Children will be required to fill in the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) at 3-month follow-up. The score ranges from 0 to 21. Higher scores represent to poorer sleep quality.
Time frame: at 3-month follow-up
Visual Analogue Pain Scale (VAS) at baseline
Children will be required to fill in the Visual Analogue Pain Scale (VAS) at baseline. The score ranges from 0 to 10. Higher scores represent a higher level of pain.
Time frame: at baseline
Visual Analogue Pain Scale (VAS) at 1-month follow-up
Children will be required to fill in the Visual Analogue Pain Scale (VAS) at 1-month follow-up. The score ranges from 0 to 10. Higher scores represent a higher level of pain.
Time frame: at 1-month follow-up
Visual Analogue Pain Scale (VAS) at 3-month follow-up
Children will be required to fill in the Visual Analogue Pain Scale (VAS) at 3-month follow-up. The score ranges from 0 to 10. Higher scores represent a higher level of pain.
Time frame: at 3-month follow-up
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