TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of robot-assisted digital storytelling on hospitalized children’s communication during the COVID-19 pandemic
AU - Chang, Ching-Yi
AU - Hwang, Gwo Jen
AU - Chou, Ya-Lien
AU - Xu, Zi-Yin
AU - Hsiu-Ju, Jen
PY - 2023/2/23
Y1 - 2023/2/23
N2 - This study proposed a robot-assisted digital storytelling approach to reduce hospitalized children’s anxiety about intravenous injections and to improve their therapeutic communication and therapeutic engagement. In order to verify the effectiveness of the robot-assisted digital storytelling approach, a randomized controlled study was implemented. A total of 47 children from a regional hospital were randomly assigned to an experimental group (n = 21) and a control group (n = 26). The experimental group adopted the robot-assisted digital storytelling approach in health education for intravenous injections, while the control group received video-based health education. The study results indicated that the proposed robot-assisted digital storytelling approach not only reduced the children’s anxiety, but also had positive effects on children’s communication about intravenous injections, emotions during hospitalization, and therapeutic engagement. As a consequence, it is suggested that educators and researchers consider adopting robot-assisted digital storytelling to facilitate nursing clinical health education for children.
AB - This study proposed a robot-assisted digital storytelling approach to reduce hospitalized children’s anxiety about intravenous injections and to improve their therapeutic communication and therapeutic engagement. In order to verify the effectiveness of the robot-assisted digital storytelling approach, a randomized controlled study was implemented. A total of 47 children from a regional hospital were randomly assigned to an experimental group (n = 21) and a control group (n = 26). The experimental group adopted the robot-assisted digital storytelling approach in health education for intravenous injections, while the control group received video-based health education. The study results indicated that the proposed robot-assisted digital storytelling approach not only reduced the children’s anxiety, but also had positive effects on children’s communication about intravenous injections, emotions during hospitalization, and therapeutic engagement. As a consequence, it is suggested that educators and researchers consider adopting robot-assisted digital storytelling to facilitate nursing clinical health education for children.
UR - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11423-023-10209-0#citeas
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-023-10209-0
DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-023-10209-0
M3 - Article
SN - 1042-1629
SP - 1
EP - 13
JO - Educational Technology Research and Development
JF - Educational Technology Research and Development
ER -