Farrier Christian E, Pearson Jacqueline D R, Beran Tanya N
Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Can J Nurs Res. 2020 Dec;52(4):328-334. doi: 10.1177/0844562119862742. Epub 2019 Jul 18.
Pediatric patients undergo a variety of painful medical procedures.
The goal of this quality improvement study was to introduce a humanoid robot (MEDi®) programmed with strategies, such as distraction and deep breathing, at inpatient and outpatient units to determine any preliminary effects on children's pain and fear during medical procedures.
A nonrandomized two-group pre- and posttest design was used to compare pain and fear of children before and after intervention versus standard care. A total of 46 children aged 2-15 years undergoing various medical procedures in a pediatric hospital, and their parents completed the Children's Fear Scale and the Faces Pain Scale-Revised. The former was used both before and after the procedure, while the latter only after the procedure.
Children ( = 18), who interacted with the robot before and during a procedure, and their parents reported significantly lower levels of fear and pain than did children ( = 28) and their parents in standard care, s < .05.
The use of a humanoid robot programmed with psychological strategies to support coping may enhance children's experiences of care for pain management.
儿科患者会接受各种痛苦的医疗程序。
这项质量改进研究的目的是在住院部和门诊部引入一个编程有分散注意力和深呼吸等策略的人形机器人（MEDi®），以确定其对儿童在医疗程序期间的疼痛和恐惧的任何初步影响。
采用非随机两组前后测设计，比较干预前后儿童的疼痛和恐惧与标准护理的情况。共有46名年龄在2至15岁之间、在一家儿科医院接受各种医疗程序的儿童及其父母完成了儿童恐惧量表和面部疼痛量表修订版。前者在程序前后均使用，而后者仅在程序后使用。
在程序前和程序期间与机器人互动的儿童（n = 18）及其父母报告的恐惧和疼痛水平明显低于接受标准护理的儿童（n = 28）及其父母，p <.05。
使用编程有心理策略以支持应对的人形机器人可能会增强儿童在疼痛管理护理方面的体验。
