Evaluation of Social Robot Usability for Pediatric Patients and Carers

NCT04993599 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2021-05-085-006
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 16
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Pediatrics

Keywords

Pediatrics

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Duration and time of robot communication with the participants

  Assessment of how long the duration and time of the communication between the participants ans robot is.

  Through study completion, an average of 1 year

• Number of conversations exchanged between the participant and the robot

  Assessment of the number of conversations exchanged between the participant and the robot

  Through study completion, an average of 1 year

• The amount of the incidence of participants' vocalization when interacting with the robot

  Assessment of the incidence of participants' vocalization when interacting with the robot.

  Through study completion, an average of 1 year

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• A qualitative study on user experience

  Through study completion, an average of 1 year

• A quantitative study on the user experience

  Through study completion, an average of 1 year

Study Arms (2)

Pediatric patients

EXPERIMENTAL

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

Device: Social robot interaction

Carers

EXPERIMENTAL

\<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

Device: Social robot interaction

Interventions

Social robot interaction DEVICE

The participants interact with the social robot which is controlled by the researcher behind the scene (wizard of oz. method).

Carers; Pediatric patients

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 5 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• 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

You may not qualify if:

• Those who disagree with the study
• Patients and carers who find it difficult to interact with the robot
• \<Carers\>
• Caregivers of the patient participant
• Adults over 19 years of age
• A person who voluntarily agrees to participate in the study
• Those who disagree with the study
• Patients and carers who find it difficult to interact with the robot

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Samsung Medical Center: lead

Study Sites (1)

Samsung Medical Centre

Seoul, 06351, South Korea

Location

Study Officials

• Meong Hi Son

  Samsung Medical Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 16, 2021
• First Posted: August 6, 2021
• Study Start: September 2, 2021
• Primary Completion: January 31, 2022
• Study Completion: January 31, 2022
• Last Updated: April 27, 2022

Record last verified: 2021-07

Locations

KR (1)