ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2026
Immersive virtual reality for pediatric burn pain and early rehabilitation.
Article in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Burn dressing changes are painful and distressing for children, and repeated procedural discomfort can reduce cooperation with wound care and early rehabilitation. This study was conducted in the burn unit of No.910 Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Joint Logistic Support Force between January 2023 and March 2026 to evaluate the effects of immersive virtual reality (VR) on procedural distress and treatment cooperation during repeated dressing changes and early rehabilitation in children with burns. Eighty pediatric patients requiring repeated dressing changes were randomly assigned to a control group or a VR group, with 40 children in each group. Children in the control group received routine burn care and standard distraction, whereas those in the VR group received routine care plus immersive VR animation during dressing changes and early rehabilitation sessions. Procedural pain was assessed using the Faces Pain Scale-Revised, procedure-related fear using the Children's Fear Scale, and behavioral distress using the COMFORT-B scale; treatment cooperation, rehabilitation completion, dressing duration, rescue analgesic use, and adverse events were also recorded. Baseline demographic and burn-related characteristics were similar between groups. No significant differences were found in pain, fear, or behavioral distress during the first dressing change, and a similar pattern was observed during the second dressing change. By the third dressing change, children in the VR group reported less pain (
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.