TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluating the Effects of a Virtual Environment (STARBRIGHT World) with Hospitalized Children
AU - Holden, Gary
AU - Bearison, David J.
AU - Rode, Diane C.
AU - Rosenberg, Gary
AU - Fishman, Merri
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - The objective was to pilot test the impact of STARBRIGHT World(SBW) - a virtual environment for seriously iII, hospitalized children. The impact of SBW was assessed with a series of nine replicated single system designs. The outcomes were children's pain intensity, pain aversiveness, and anxiety. The results were aggregated using meta-analysis. At the individual child level, 6 of 27 contrasts between the two conditions reached significance. Overall, there was a trend for the later participants to report greater impact in the SBW condition and this appeared to parallel the increase in the SBW system's functionality. When the results were combined meta-analytically, the combined p value was less than .05 for pain intensity and pain aversiveness and slightly greater than .05 for anxiety. This study provided modest support for the effectiveness of SBW and demonstrates the use of meta-analysis with single system designs.
AB - The objective was to pilot test the impact of STARBRIGHT World(SBW) - a virtual environment for seriously iII, hospitalized children. The impact of SBW was assessed with a series of nine replicated single system designs. The outcomes were children's pain intensity, pain aversiveness, and anxiety. The results were aggregated using meta-analysis. At the individual child level, 6 of 27 contrasts between the two conditions reached significance. Overall, there was a trend for the later participants to report greater impact in the SBW condition and this appeared to parallel the increase in the SBW system's functionality. When the results were combined meta-analytically, the combined p value was less than .05 for pain intensity and pain aversiveness and slightly greater than .05 for anxiety. This study provided modest support for the effectiveness of SBW and demonstrates the use of meta-analysis with single system designs.
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U2 - 10.1177/104973159900900310
DO - 10.1177/104973159900900310
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033472625
SN - 1049-7315
VL - 9
SP - 365
EP - 382
JO - Research on Social Work Practice
JF - Research on Social Work Practice
IS - 3
ER -