Published on in Vol 14 (2025)

This is a member publication of University of Duisburg-Essen

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/63098, first published .
Cooperative Virtual Reality Gaming for Anxiety and Pain Reduction in Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers During Painful Medical Procedures: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Cooperative Virtual Reality Gaming for Anxiety and Pain Reduction in Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers During Painful Medical Procedures: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Cooperative Virtual Reality Gaming for Anxiety and Pain Reduction in Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers During Painful Medical Procedures: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Stefan Liszio   1, 2 , Dr rer nat ;   Franziska Bäuerlein   3 , MSc ;   Jens Hildebrand   2 ;   Carolin van Nahl   2 , BA ;   Maic Masuch   4 , Dr Ing ;   Oliver Basu   1, 2 , MD

1 Center for Virtual and Extended Reality in Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany

2 Pediatric Health Play Team, Center for Child and Youth Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany

3 Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark

4 Entertainment Computing Group, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany

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