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Therapeutic Robots for Alleviating ICU Stress in Children
Led by National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · Updated on 2025-09-22
105
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
124 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The purpose of this study is: (a) to examine the changes in anxiety, depression symptoms, and positive/negative emotions before and after the intervention, as well as before discharge from the intensive care unit (ICU) in the experimental group (using the therapeutic robot PARO), the control group (using a stuffed seal), and the comparison group (receiving standard care). (b) To compare the effectiveness in relieving anxiety, depression symptoms, and positive/negative emotions among the experimental group, control group, and comparison group for ICU pediatric and adolescent patients in the school-age period. The research questions addressed in this study are: 1. What are the changes in anxiety, depression symptoms, and negative emotions before and after the intervention in the experimental group? 2. What are the changes in anxiety, depression symptoms, and negative emotions before and after the intervention in the control group? 3. What are the changes in anxiety, depression symptoms, and negative emotions before and after the intervention in the comparison group? 4. What is the effectiveness in reducing anxiety after the intervention among the experimental group, control group, and comparison group? 5. What is the effectiveness in alleviating depression symptoms after the intervention among the experimental group, control group, and comparison group? 6. What is the effectiveness in reducing negative emotions and increasing positive emotions after the intervention among the experimental group, control group, and comparison group?
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Therapeutic Robots for Alleviating ICU Stress in Children
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU)
- Aged between 8 and 18 years
- Able to stay awake and respond
- Able to communicate in Mandarin or Taiwanese
- Informed consent obtained and agreed to participate
You will not qualify if you...
- Patients with a pacemaker
- Patients requiring isolation per hospital infection control rules
- Patients with wounds that continue to ooze under gauze
- Patients who have vomited within the past 24 hours
- Patients assessed by a physician as being in a life-threatening condition
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Taipei, Beitou District, Taiwan, 11217
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Research Team
C
Chi-Wen Chen, PhD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Number of Arms
3
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