Reducing Intimidation

Question 1

Coad and Coad (2008)

Answer 1

Hospitals are scary and unwelcoming places and interventions should focus on making hospitals less intimidating for children

Question 2

Fisher et al (2015)

Answer 2

Online interventions for chronic pain patients have been found to be effective as children can do them from the safety of their own home

Question 3

Jeong, Logan and Weinstock (2015)

Answer 3

The Huggable Project
Children in an inpatient clinic were more likely to socio-emotionally engage with a social robot than play with a teddy bear or an interactive animated character
The social robot was able to combat boredom by playing games and reduce anxiety and social isolation
Also good if there is a lack of human resources E.G. Nurses

Question 4

Lambert et al (2013)

Answer 4

Conducted a qualitative analysis on what children felt they needed in order to feel at ease in a hospital
Children reported needing leasure and entertainment activities integrated throughout the hospital with interactive technologies which help them stay socially communicated to avid isolation