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Educational Play-Based Activities with Coderbot in a Pediatric Short-Term Recovery Ward: A Case Study Intervention
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: Received: 23 May 2022 / Approved: 24 May 2022 / Online: 24 May 2022 (10:16:05 CEST)
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Castiglioni, M.; Caldiroli, C.L.; Antonietti, A. Play-Based Activities with a CoderBot Robot on a Pediatric Ward: A Case Study. Healthcare 2022, 10, 1209. Castiglioni, M.; Caldiroli, C.L.; Antonietti, A. Play-Based Activities with a CoderBot Robot on a Pediatric Ward: A Case Study. Healthcare 2022, 10, 1209.
Abstract
Being hospitalized is a threatening and stressful experience for many children. From a psychological point of view, children may experience increased feelings of anxiety and fear that can negatively interfere with behavioral, cognitive, and emotional outcomes. To limit these impacts on children's well-being and mental health, interventions that could contribute to protecting the emotional domain of hospitalized children are welcomed. The present research reported a single-setting case study intervention to evaluate the impact of educational play-based activity with a CoderBot robot in a pediatric short-term recovery ward (N=61). The methodology included multiple sources of data (i.e., children, parents, nurses), observations on the field, and a sequential (quantitative-qualitative) mixed-method approach to data analysis. Results supported the idea that robot-based activities were associated with increased participant well-being (particularly positive emotions). The conclusions of this pilot study discuss the strengths, limitations, and further developments of using robots with hospitalized children.
Keywords
Robot-based activities; hospitalized children; psychological health; well-being; CoderBot; positive emotion; single-setting
Subject
Social Sciences, Psychology
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