effect of playing interactive computer game on distress of insulin injection among type 1 diabetic children

Background: diabetic children and their families experience high level stress because of daily insulin injection. objectives: this study was conducted to investigate the impact of an interactive computer game on behavioral distress due to insulin injection among diabetic children. patients and methods: in this clinical trial, thirty children (3-12 years) with type 1 diabetes who needed daily insulin injection were recruited and allocated randomly into two groups. children in intervention groups received an interactive computer game and asked to play at home for a week. no special intervention was done for control group. the behavioral distress of groups was assessed before, during and after the intervention by observational scale of behavioral distress–revised (osbd-r).results: repeated measure anova test showed no significantly difference of osbd-r over time for control group (p = 0.08), but this changes is signification in the study group (p = 0.001). comparison mean score of distress were significantly different between two groups (p = 0.03). conclusions: according to the findings, playing interactive computer game can decrease behavioral distress induced by insulin injection in type 1 diabetic children. it seems this game can be beneficial to be used alongside other interventions.