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Nursing in a Hospital Setting (250) Human Factors and Usability Case Studies (1350) Usability Evaluation Case Studies (372) Assistive Technologies (275) Robots in Healthcare (276) Kids' and Adolescents' Use of Technology (197)

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Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/95702, first published .
Robot hand and human fist bumping in a futuristic collaboration

Evaluating Human-Robot Interaction With a Socially Assistive Robot in Pediatric Health Care: Mixed Methods Pilot Study

Evaluating Human-Robot Interaction With a Socially Assistive Robot in Pediatric Health Care: Mixed Methods Pilot Study

Authors of this article:

Janika Leoste1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Slavko Rakić1, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Kristel Marmor1 Author Orcid Image ;   Kadi Krinal4 Author Orcid Image ;   Liina-Harjus Soostar5 Author Orcid Image ;   Katariina Maribel Vink1 Author Orcid Image ;   Andres Käver1 Author Orcid Image ;   Katrin Aasma1 ;   Katie Beatty6 ;   Leo Benjamin Leoste1
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Janika Leoste   1, 2 , Prof Dr ;   Slavko Rakić   1, 3 , Prof Dr ;   Kristel Marmor   1 , MSci ;   Kadi Krinal   4 , PhD ;   Liina-Harjus Soostar   5 , PhD, MEd ;   Katariina Maribel Vink   1 ;   Andres Käver   1 , MSc ;   Katrin Aasma   1 , BA ;   Katie Beatty   6 ;   Leo Benjamin Leoste   1

1 IT College, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia

2 School of Educational Sciences, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia

3 Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

4 Centre for Digital Health, Department of Health Technologies, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia

5 Tallinn Children's Hospital, Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia

6 The Ohio State University, Ohio, OH, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Janika Leoste, Prof Dr
  • IT College
  • Tallinn University of Technology
  • Ehitajate Tee 5
  • Tallinn, Harjumaa 19086
  • Estonia
  • Email: leoste@tlu.ee