HEADPLAY Personal Cinema System Facilitates Intravenous Cannulation in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 2

Summary of anxiety scores.

Anxiety scores	Group 1: HEADPLAY (𝑛=30)	Group 2: conventional (𝑛=30)	𝑃 value
Child’s self assessment score in the holding area; mean ± SD (median)	3.33±2.35 (4)	3.00±2.7 (2.5)	0.136
Child’s self assessment in the operating theatre; mean ± SD (median)	4.07±2.75 (4)	4.57±3.58 (4.5)	0.447
MYPAS (holding area); Mean ± SD	33.1±11.0	30.2±10.9	0.194
MYPAS (operating theatre); Mean ± SD	37.1±14.2	37.2±17.7	0.796
MYPAS (iv cannulation); Mean ± SD	39.7±19.5	38.2±20.3	0.496
Parental assessment of child’s anxiety (median)	2; (a little scared anxious)	2; (a little scared anxious)	0.554