Evaluation of Social Robot Usability for Pediatric Patients and Carers

Pediatrics Clinical Trial

Official title:

Evaluation of Social Robot Usability for Pediatric Patients and Carers

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04993599
• Other study ID #: 2021-05-085-006
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 2, 2021
• Est. completion date: January 31, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: July 2021
• Source: Samsung Medical Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 16
• Est. completion date: January 31, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: January 31, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 5 Years and older

Eligibility

<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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Pediatrics

Intervention

Device:
• Social robot interaction
The participants interact with the social robot which is controlled by the researcher behind the scene (wizard of oz. method).

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Korea, Republic of	Samsung Medical Centre	Seoul

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Samsung Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Korea, Republic of, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	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
Primary	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
Primary	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	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
Secondary	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