A Social Robot for Anxious Childre

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Anxiety; Mental Health - Anxiety

• Registration Number: ACTRN12622000206729
• Lead Sponsor: Monash University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2022-02-07
• Last Update Posted: 21 February 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

Participants may participate in the study if they: (a) are between the ages of 8 to 11 years and 11 months at the time of enrolment into the study (i.e., signing the consent form); (b) score within the elevated” or above range of the Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (total T-score > 60); and (c) have a legally acceptable representative (i.e., parent or guardian) capable of understanding the informed consent document and providing consent on their behalf.

Exclusion Criteria

Participants will be excluded from the pilot study if they: (a) have visual, hearing, or physical impairments that would prevent them from understanding the assessment requirements or engaging in the digital intervention; (b) are not English speaking; (c) have diagnosed or borderline intellectual delay, or who have an IQ < 70; and (d) children with comorbid diagnoses that, in the opinion of a research team member, may confound study data/assessments, i.e., oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder or severe mental health conditions (e.g., severe selective mutism) by impacting on their ability to participate in the session with the content and/or robot in a safe way. No further exclusion criteria will be applied.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary outcome is to determine if the social robot method is feasible to use with anxious children as an intervention modality. Feasibility of the social robot will be assessed as a composite of four metrics. The metrics will be as follows: 80% attendance to the robot sessions, 80% questionnaire completion rates, less than 10% of robot sessions on average that have been affected by technical difficulties that prevent completion of the session, and an average score of 5 or above on program evaluation from both parents/guardians and children assessed using an 11-point Likert scale. [At the end of the study.]