Evaluation of Social Robot Usability for Pediatric Patients and Carers

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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
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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.

Official Title
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Evaluation of Social Robot Usability for Pediatric Patients and Carers

Conditions
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Pediatrics

Intervention / Treatment
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* Device: Social robot interaction


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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<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

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 5 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Pediatric patients<br><Intervention> The participants(Pediatric patients) mainly interact with the social robot which is controlled by the researcher behind the scene | Device: Social robot interaction<br>* The participants interact with the social robot which is controlled by the researcher behind the scene (wizard of oz. method).<br>|
| Experimental: Carers<br><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<br>* The participants interact with the social robot which is controlled by the researcher behind the scene (wizard of oz. method).<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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 Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A qualitative study on user experience | A qualitative study on user experience using a in-depth interview | Through study completion, an average of 1 year | 
| A quantitative study on the user experience | 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. | Through study completion, an average of 1 year | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Pediatrics