Telepresence robots to reduce school absenteeism among children with cancer, neuromuscular diseases, or anxiety—the expectations of children and teachers: A qualitative study in Denmark
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This study explores expectations for telepresence robots as a tool to reduce absence in education as school absence negatively influences children's academic advancement and psychosocial wellbeing.
Design
A qualitative semi-structured interview study.
Method and population
Using convenience sampling, we interviewed 11 children aged 8–17 years with cancer (n = 4), neuromuscular diseases (n = 3) or anxiety (n = 4) who had a high level of school absence (more than 15 days’ absence in a school year), and who had recently encountered a telepresence robot; and eight of their teachers. A thematical analysis and a deductive approach based on the theory of Technological frames were used.
Results
The children's and teachers' expectations of how telepresence robots could support them in reducing their school absence were identified and structured in three categories and five main themes: 1) Nature of technology: a) Learning, b) Sociality, c) Additional supportive resources; 2) Technology strategy: a) Flexible school day; 3) Technology in use: a) New workflows.
Conclusion
This study indicates that implementation requires additional resources from teachers. Children with disease-related school absence and their teachers expect telepresence robots to reconnect the children socially, by maintaining or creating new friendships, and academically, by fostering inclusion and reducing absence.
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Artikelnummer | 100280 |
| Tidsskrift | Computers in Human Behavior Reports |
| Vol/bind | 10 |
| Antal sider | 8 |
| DOI | |
| Status | Udgivet - 2023 |
Bibliografisk note
Funding Information:
This work is part of Childhood Oncology Network Targeting Research, Organization & Life expectancy (CONTROL) and supported by Danish Cancer Society [ R-257-A14720 ] and the Danish Childhood Cancer Foundation [ 2019–5934 ].
Funding Information:
This work is part of the Interregional Childhood Oncology Precision Medicine Exploration (ICOPE), a cross-Oresund collaboration between the University Hospital of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet; Lund University; Region Skåne; and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), supported by the European Regional Development Fund.
Funding Information:
Further, we thank the Danish Cancer Society [ R-260-A15147-19-S3 ], the Danish Childhood Cancer Foundation [ 2020–6808 ], Toyota-Fonden Denmark [ KJ/BG-9773 H ], Dagmar Marshall Fonden [ 5,000,020 ], Lundbeck Fonden [ A7971 ], and the Disabled People's organizations Denmark [ 6–2021 ] for supporting this project.
Funding Information:
We are grateful to all the children and teachers who participated in this study and to project nurse Cathrine Hem Rørth (Rigshospitalet, Denmark) and Mia Kristina Hansen (The National Association for Mental Illness) for including children in the project. Further, we thank Carol Bang-Christensen for providing language help and proof reading the article. This work is part of the Interregional Childhood Oncology Precision Medicine Exploration (ICOPE), a cross-Oresund collaboration between the University Hospital of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet; Lund University; Region Skåne; and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), supported by the European Regional Development Fund. This work is part of Childhood Oncology Network Targeting Research, Organization & Life expectancy (CONTROL) and supported by Danish Cancer Society [R-257-A14720] and the Danish Childhood Cancer Foundation [2019–5934]. Further, we thank the Danish Cancer Society [R-260-A15147-19-S3], the Danish Childhood Cancer Foundation [2020–6808], Toyota-Fonden Denmark [KJ/BG-9773 H], Dagmar Marshall Fonden [5,000,020], Lundbeck Fonden [A7971], and the Disabled People's organizations Denmark [6–2021] for supporting this project.
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