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

Overview

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