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NCT06466109
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Using Social Robots in Children With Rare Diseases and Their Parents: A Feasibility Study

Sponsor: National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

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Summary

The goals of this clinical trial are to (a) evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a social robot intervention for providing family-based care for rare diseases families and (b) explore the effectiveness of the social robot intervention in improving the parent-child relationships and alleviating stress and anxiety for rare diseases patients and their parents. The main questions are: * Is the social robot intervention suitable for and acceptable to rare disease patients and parents? * Does the social robot intervention improve the parent-child relationship of rare disease patients and their parents? * Does the social robot intervention alleviate the stress and anxiety of rare disease patients and their parents? Patients and their parents will interact with the social robot PARO separately and together in each 30-minute course every two weeks for four courses.

Official title: Using Social Robots to Improve the Relationship and Alleviate Anxiety and Stress in Children With Rare Diseases and Their Parents: A Feasibility Study

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

8 Years - 19 Years

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

21

Start Date

2024-07-12

Completion Date

2025-12-31

Last Updated

2025-07-08

Healthy Volunteers

No

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

social robot intervention

In the first and second courses, the patients and their parents freely interact with the social robot PARO for 30 minutes. In the third course, patients and their parents interact with PARO for 30 minutes using a worksheet that includes naming and recording characteristics of PARO. In the last course, patients and their parents interact with PARO for 30 minutes using a worksheet that freely recorded their observations about PARO and say goodbye to it.

Locations (2)

National Taiwan University Children's Hospital

Taipei, Taiwan

Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Taipei, Taiwan