Reality PAWS: Examining the Feasibility of a Mixed Reality Dog Visitation Program for Hospitalized Children in Isolation

Electonic Case Report Qualitative Feedback and Observations

时间窗: From baseline until study session completion, approximately 30 minutes.

Qualitative self-reported and observed experience on the electronic case report form related to patient's engagement in the MR.

Recruitment Feasibility

时间窗: Through study completion, an average of 6 months.

Number of screened patients, number of eligible patients, number of enrolled patients, number of withdrawn patients, number of subsequent Reality Paws sessions received/requested by patients.

Intervention Feasibility - Time Spent Using MR

时间窗: From baseline until study session completion, approximately 30 minutes.

Time spent using MR.

Intervention Feasibility - Software

时间窗: From baseline until study session completion, approximately 30 minutes.

Number of technology or software issues.

Measurement Feasibility

时间窗: Through study completion, an average of six months.

Percent of participants who completed all surveys. This will be determined by taking the number of survey's completed and dividing it by the total number of survey's.

Child Simulator Sickness Questionnaire

时间窗: Completed at baseline and again at study session completion, approximately 30 minutes after completing the study intervention MR.

Assesses potential side effects of using Reality PAWS, children will provide ratings of simulator sickness using the 7-item Child Simulator Sickness Questionnaire. Consists of items related to potential side effects common to individuals after playing in virtual environments, such as "sickness, headache, and dizziness. The questionnaire asks about symptoms currently experienced as rated on a 0 - 2 scale, with 0 = No, 1 = A little, and 3 = A lot. There are three scoring categories: nausea, oculomotor, and disorientation, with specific questions falling under each category. Each category adds scores of three questions, and a score of three or more indicates simulator sickness.

Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion

时间窗: At intervention session completion, approximately 30 minutes after starting the MR intervention.

Children will rate their physical exertion after playing Reality PAWS using the Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion. This one-item scale consists of a single question asking children to rate their subjective feeling of exertion, without considering the kinds of physical demands that might lead to this feeling. The scale ranges from 6 (no exertion at all) to 20 (maximal exertion), with higher scores indicating higher levels of perceived exertion.

Gold-Rizzo Immersion and Presence

时间窗: Completed at study session completion, approximately 30 minutes after completing the MR intervention.

The Gold-Rizzo Immersion and Presence assesses three domains: sense of involvement, perceived realism, and sense of transportation within the software. The measure contains 16 questions where patients can respond either "no," "a little," or "a lot." Higher total scores indicate a higher level of immersion.

Amount of adverse or serious adverse events

时间窗: Until study completion, about 6 months.

Number of adverse and/or serious adverse events.