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Evaluation of Social Robot Usability for Pediatric Patients and Carers
NCT04993599 · Samsung Medical Center · Updated 27 April 2022
- What is being tested
- Social robot interaction
- For
- Pediatrics
- Kind of study
- Tests a treatment or device on volunteers. No drug phase (a device or procedure study).
- Who can join
- Ages 5 years and older. About 16 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- South Korea
- When
- Starts or started 2 Sept 2021, ends 31 Jan 2022. Registered 6 Aug 2021.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
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.
Sites
- Samsung Medical CentreSeoul, South Korea