Therapeutic Robots for Alleviating ICU Stress in Children

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Conditions studied: Pediatric Intensive Care Units

In brief

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?

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06854562

Run by

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

People needed

105

Starts

2025-08-14

Expected to finish

2027-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-09-22

Who can join

Age: 8 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU).
• Age range for enrollment is 8 to 18 years.
• Able to stay awake and respond.
• Able to communicate in Mandarin or Taiwanese.
• Have been informed and have agreed to participate in the study.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with a pacemaker.
• Patients who require isolation according to hospital infection control regulations.
• Patients with wounds that continue to ooze under the gauze covering.
• Patients experiencing vomiting symptoms within the past 24 hours.
• Patients assessed by a physician to be in a life-threatening condition.

Where it is running

• Taipei Veterans General Hospital — Taipei, Beitou District, Taiwan (enrolling)

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