Usability and Utility of Mindfulness-based Life Management Social Robots for Children and Adolescents in the Long-term Treatment

Evaluation of the Usability and Utility of Mindfulness-based Life Management Social Robots for Children and Adolescents in the Long-term Treatment Process

The purpose of this study is to apply social robot-based mindfulness-based life management content to pediatric and adolescent patients in the long-term disease treatment process and to assess usability and effectiveness of the social robot-based mindfulness-based life management content.

[Question 1] Effectiveness: Was the content on social robots effective in psychological adaptation of pediatric and adolescent patients?

[Question 2] Usability: Is there any difficulty in interacting through social robots applied in the hospital environment?

The participants conduct a preliminary survey and use robot content at least 10 times for the two weeks. Afterwards, follow-up surveys and in-depth interviews will be conducted.

The purpose of this study is to apply social robot-based mindfulness-based life management content to pediatric and adolescent patients in the long-term disease treatment process and to assess usability and effectiveness of the social robot-based mindfulness-based life management content.

[Intervention]

• Intervention period: 15-20 minutes or more per day for 14 days (at least 10 times in 2 weeks)
• Content: Life management content for mindfulness play and disease understanding
• Method of provision: Robot interaction using chatbot and remote conversation (mindfulness-based living management content and remote content will be provided for a total of 15 to 20 minutes)

[Question 1] Effectiveness: Was the content on social robots effective in psychological adaptation of pediatric and adolescent patients?

(Measure) Pre-post comparison of survey result values

• Child Emotional and Behavioral Disorder Assessment Scale (Korea-Child Behavior Checklist: K-CBCL) ② Child and Youth Mindfulness Scale (Korean Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure: K-CAMM) ③ Child and Youth Optimism Scale (The Children's Life Orientation Test: C-LOT)

[Question 2] Usability: Is there any difficulty in interacting through social robots applied in the hospital environment?

(Measure) User Experience Questionnaire(UEQ), In-depth Interview

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pediatric patients aged 6 to 12 years old who is being treated after the diagnosis of a severe or chronic disease
• Pediatric patients who need hospital treatment, including inpatient or outpatient treatment, for more than 3 months
• Pediatric patients with a level of communication that can be understood and agreed to in this study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Those who disagree with this study
• Pediatric patients who are judged to be difficult to interact with robots due to communication difficulties
• Pediatric patients who has been diagnosed with or is being treated for mental illness with psychotic characteristics