Evaluation of Social Robot Usability for Pediatric Patients and Carers

Samsung Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pediatrics

Treatments: Device: Social robot interaction

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04993599

2021-05-085-006

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is conducted for a mixed methods study. Subjects are 20 child patients and 20 their carers. First, Participants use and interact with a social robot. The robot is controlled by researcher with the wizard of oz. method. The interaction is video-recorded for the later analysis of the child's engagement through amount of his vocalization and sentences. After using social robot, a survey and an in-depth interview will be done.

This study investigates the usability, satisfaction, emotion, and other dimensions of social robots of pediatric patients and carers and evaluate the degree of interaction with them with the recording data, survey and in-depth interview. This study is a basis for using social robots to pediatric patients in the hospital environments.

Full description

This study is conducted for a mixed methods study. Subjects are 20 child patients and 20 their carers. First, Participants use and interact with a social robot. The robot is controlled by researcher with the wizard of oz. method. And another researcher observes the participants-robot interaction. The interaction is video-recorded for the later analysis of the child's engagement through amount of his vocalization and sentences. After using social robot, a survey and an in-depth interview will be done.

This study investigates the usability, satisfaction, emotion, and other dimensions of social robots of pediatric patients and carers and evaluate the degree of interaction with them with the recording data, survey and in-depth interview. This study is a basis for using social robots to pediatric patients in the hospital environments.

Enrollment: 16 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

<Pediatric patients>

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients visiting Samsung Medical Center (Age 5~12)
• A person who voluntarily agrees to participate in the study
• Patients who are able to agree with a consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Those who disagree with the study
• Patients and carers who find it difficult to interact with the robot

<Carers>

Inclusion Criteria:

• Caregivers of the patient participant
• Adults over 19 years of age
• A person who voluntarily agrees to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Those who disagree with the study
• Patients and carers who find it difficult to interact with the robot

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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16 participants in 2 patient groups

Pediatric patients

Experimental group

Description:

\<Intervention\> The participants(Pediatric patients) mainly interact with the social robot which is controlled by the researcher behind the scene

Treatment:

Device: Social robot interaction

Carers

Experimental group

Description:

\<Intervention\> The participants(Carers) interact with the social robot and watch how their child interact with the robot which is controlled by the researcher behind the scene

Treatment:

Device: Social robot interaction