Research Article

Advances in the Cognitive Management of Chronic Pain in Children through the Use of Virtual Reality Combined with Binaural Beats: A Pilot Study

Table 4

Homogeneity of variances and sphericity tests.

VariableFdf1df2

PAIN_PRE0.1621200.691
Pain (VR)0.0161200.899
Pain (VR + M)0.0371200.850
Pain (VR + M + BB)0.4311200.519
HR
GSR
Pain contrast (VR)0.2121190.650
Pain contrast (VR + M)0.0891190.769
Pain contrast (VR + M + BB)0.1191190.734
Pain increment (VR)0.00011<0.001
Pain increment (VR + M)0.00011<0.001
Pain increment (VR + M + BB)0.00011<0.001
HR increment (VR)3.5101140.082
HR increment (VR + M)0.8601140.369
HR increment (VR + M + BB)1.0581140.321
GSR increment (VR)0.0601160.809
GSR increment (VR + M)1.2631160.278
GSR increment (VR + M + BB)1.1951160.290

Mauchly’s W (HR) = .265 (p = 0.015), Greenhouse–Geisser (HR) = .608, Huynh–Feldt (HR) = .712. Mauchly’s W(GSR) = .834 (p = 0.234), Greenhouse–Geisser (GSR) = .857, and Huynh–Feldt (GSR) = .944.