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Adriana Piccolo1, Carmela De Domenico1, Marcella Di Cara1
1IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo, Messina, Italy.
Insights
Parental involvement in robot-mediated interventions (RMI) for children is feasible and beneficial, enhancing social-communicative skills and caregiver education. Further research is needed to explore its full potential in pediatric rehabilitation.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Rehabilitation
- Human-Robot Interaction
- Developmental Psychology
Background:
- Parental involvement is crucial for effective pediatric rehabilitation.
- Robot-mediated interventions (RMI) show promise but parental roles are unclear.
- Understanding parental engagement in RMI is essential for optimizing pediatric therapy.
Purpose of the Study:
- To systematically review parental involvement in RMI for children and adolescents.
- To analyze current literature on parent-child-robot therapeutic sessions.
- To identify research gaps and clinical implications for RMI.
Main Methods:
- Systematic literature review following PRISMA guidelines.
- Searched PubMed and Web of Science databases.
- Included studies using robots for therapy with parental involvement.
Main Results:
- 10 articles were included in the review.
- Parental involvement in RMI appears feasible and effective.
- RMI with parents improved children's social-communicative abilities and caregiver skills.
Conclusions:
- Robot-mediated interventions incorporating parents may be a valuable pediatric strategy.
- Limited research exists, highlighting the need for more studies.
- Future research should focus on RMI effectiveness in specific pediatric applications.
Introduction:
Over the years, the conceptual approach to pediatric rehabilitation has reevaluated the parent's role in the therapeutic process, considering parental involvement as a necessary condition for the effectiveness of the intervention. In the field of pediatric intervention, the therapeutic use of robots represents a growing clinical interest, but the feasibility and applicability of these robotic interventions, including those involving parents, remain unclear. This systematic review aims to investigate parental involvement in robot-mediated interventions (RMI) for children and adolescents in the current literature. Our main goal is to analyze and summarize all existing studies to discuss and draw future research directions and implications for clinical practice.
Method:
After collecting results from 1,106 studies, the studies selected were analyzed using thematic analysis. The literature review was conducted in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines by searching databases such as PubMed and Web of Science until 07 February 2023. Studies that met the following inclusion criteria were included: (1) the use of a robot as a therapeutic-rehabilitation tool and (2) the presence/involvement of parents/caregivers in child-robot therapeutic sessions.
Results:
A total of 10 articles were included. The extracted data included study design, participant characteristics, type of robot used, outcome measures, aim, and type of intervention. The results reveal that parental involvement in RMI could be feasible and useful in improving intervention efficacy, particularly in improving the child's social-communicative abilities and the caregiver's educational skills.
Discussion:
RMI intervention with parental participation could be a useful therapeutic strategy in pediatrics. However, to date, few studies have investigated this specific topic, and the reported results may enhance future research to understand its effectiveness in specific areas of use.
Systematic Review Registration:
identifier: CRD42024553214.
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