The Effect of Virtual Reality Application on Anxiety and Fear Levels of Children Planned for Daily Surgery

Objective: This study was conducted to determine the effect of the animation video to be watched by child patients aged 5-10 before day surgery on their anxiety and fear levels in the preoperative period. Method: This research, which was conducted as a randomized controlled experimental study, was conducted with 80 children. Participants sociodemographic data, blood pressure, heart rate, Child Fear Scale and Yale Modified Preoperative Anxiety Scale Child Form were used to collect data. Comparisons in independent pair groups with Kolmogorov Smirnow Test whether the data received comply with normal distribution; Since the assumption of normality is met, comparisons in dependent pair groups are made with the significance test (t test) of the difference between two means; Since the assumption of normality was met, the significance test of the difference between two spouses was performed (two paired samples t test).