Comfort XR
Comfort XR is a simple and effective solution to distract children during needle procedures.
What is Comfort XR?
Comfort XR is a simple and effective solution to distract children during needle procedures. The solution offers specially designed games to activate multiple centers of the brain simultaneously and thereby remove the anticipation of pain and discomfort. The games are developed in collaboration with experts on pain distraction from The Knowledge Center for Children’s Pain at Rigshospitalet and are developed for both sitting and lying down procedures.
Product Description
Cloudbusters
Clouds is an odd size, and sometimes with a little imagination, they can look like the most amazing creatures. In the game, you lie on a lovely beach and watch the clouds in the sky until they magically transform into cute animals and imaginative images
- For children from 4 years
- Designed for both lying-down and partially sitting procedures
- Both arms are accessible, as controllers are unnecessary
Freddy The Frog
In Freddy The Frogs fantastic cave soap bubbles can turn to magic and animals can play instruments. In the magic cave you collect soap bubbles with your wand, and they turn to fairy dust when you collect them in your hat. Out of your hat comes rhythmic flies, cats who are going their own way and soon you have a whole orchestra, filling your cave with sweet music.
- For children from 4 years
- Designed for sitting procedures
- Is played with one controller, so the opposite arm will be accessible
Seagull Splash
Seagulls can be really naughty, especially if you have fresh caught fish on the dock they want their beak in. In Seagull Splash you have to protect your bucket of fish from seagulls, who are trying to steal them. Fortunately it is not that difficult, as you are equipped with a slingshot and lots of water balloons ready to be launched.
- For children from 6 years
- Designed for sitting procedures
- Is played with one controller, so the opposite arm will be accessible
Space game
The great universe hides many secrets – for example, is there life other than us? In Space Game you will not only go into space, you will become the captain of your very own spaceship. Your biggest task is to protect your spaceship against hostile aliens with your laser gun. Destroy aliens and achieve the highest score before your health points runs out.
- For children for 12 years
- Designed for both lying-down and partially sitting procedures
- Is played with one controller, so the opposite arm will be accessible
Validation
Comfort XR started back in 2017 as part of a research project about utilizing VR as pain distraction for children. The research project was lead by Dr. Søren Walther-Larsen from The Knowledge Center for children’s pain at Rigshospitalet. In collaboration with the talented doctors and nurses from the center the first game, Seagull Splash, was developed to be part of a clinical trial. The clinical trial was run with 64 children and results concluded, that VR is an excellent form of distraction on par with other great methods of distraction. A further advantage is, that VR shows higher satisfaction scores when used during needle procedures.
Research Results
Immersive Virtual Reality for Pediatric Procedural Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Pain management in children often is inadequate, and the single most common painful procedure in children who are hospitalized is needle procedures. Virtual reality (VR) is a promising and engaging intervention that may help to decrease anxiety and pain in children undergoing painful procedures. Our aim for this study is to investigate patient satisfaction and pain reduction by using a three-dimensional VR interactive game as a distraction.
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A randomized controlled trial on Virtual Reality distraction during venous cannulation in young children
Pain management in children is often inadequate, and the single most common painful procedure in children who are hospitalized is needle procedures. Virtual reality (VR) has been shown to decrease anxiety and pain in children undergoing painful procedures primarily in children from the age of 7 years. Our aim for this study is to investigate patient satisfaction and pain reduction by using a three-dimensional VR interactive game as a distraction in 4–7 years old children during venous cannulation.
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Client’s Testimony
Press
Teo hardly feels the needle - VR calms children prior to surgery in Lund
The method of using VR for children was introduced to Lund Hospital last fall (2023) to distract anxious children and to lessen the pain.
It is time for 8 year old Teo Ajvazis’ second surgery. To lessen the use and need for sedatives they give him a VR headset to calm and distract him while undergoing the needle procedure.
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Hospital have succes using Virtual Reality: William is shooting seagulls while getting an IV
Rigshospitalet is using VR to distract children when undergoing needle procedures.
William Strand is getting an IV. Meanwhile he is playing Virtual Reality, because of which he hardly reacts to the otherwise uncomfortable needle poke in his hand.
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VR-glasses used for pain distraction for children
Virtual reality-glasses with special designes games activates and distracts children during procedures that can be connected with discomfort.
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Specialdesigned virtual reality game for children, with a fear of needles
The Knowledge Center for children’s pain and the VR-company Khora, has in collaboration developed a specialdesigned Virtual Reality game, which can make children stay still during e.g. blood sampling and distract them from feeling the needle poke and pain from the needle procedure.
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Contact Us
Contact us for a non-binding meeting
Contact-Khora Exposure
Thomas Saaby Noer
Head of Healthcare
+45 
42 30 88 75
Comfort XR-prices
You will receive a VR headset as well as gain access to Comfort XR distraction software to be used during needle procedures. The solution contains four special designed games for different agegroups. The price of Comfort XR is 10.000 DKK ex. moms, followed by an annual licence of 5.000 DKK ex. moms
Contains:
– PICO VR headset and Comfort XR software
– Manual
– Support online and by phone
– The option to swap to a newer PIVO VR headset, if the old one gets outdated.
Contact Us
Contact us for a non-binding meeting
Contact-Khora Exposure
Thomas Saaby Noer
Head of Healthcare
+45 42 30 88 75