Evaluation of Social Robot Usability for Pediatric Patients and Carers

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Pediatrics
• Interventions: Device: Social robot interaction

• Registration Number: NCT04993599
• Lead Sponsor: Samsung Medical Center

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.

Detailed 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.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2021-07
• Study First Submitted: 2021-07-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-08-04
• Study First Posted: 2021-08-06
• Study Start: 2021-09-02
• Primary Completion: 2022-01-31
• Study Completion: 2022-01-31
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-04-20
• Last Update Posted: 2022-04-27

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 16

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

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

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Duration and time of robot communication with the participants	Through study completion, an average of 1 year	Assessment of how long the duration and time of the communication between the participants ans robot is.
Number of conversations exchanged between the participant and the robot	Through study completion, an average of 1 year	Assessment of the number of conversations exchanged between the participant and the robot
The amount of the incidence of participants' vocalization when interacting with the robot	Through study completion, an average of 1 year	Assessment of the incidence of participants' vocalization when interacting with the robot.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
A quantitative study on the user experience	Through study completion, an average of 1 year	A quantitative study on the user experience using User Experience Questionnaire. The items have the form of a semantic differential, i.e. each item is represented by two terms with opposite meanings. The items are scaled from -3 to +3. Thus, -3 represents the most negative answer, 0 a neutral answer, and +3 the most positive answer.
A qualitative study on user experience	Through study completion, an average of 1 year	A qualitative study on user experience using a in-depth interview

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Samsung Medical Centre; 🇰🇷 Seoul, Korea, Republic of