Using a robot to personalise health education for children with diabetes type 1: A pilot study

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 174-181

  Blanson Henkemans, Olivier A ^a   Bierman, Bert P B ^a   Janssen, Joris ^a   Neerincx, Mark A ^a   Looije, Rosemarijn ^a   van der Bosch, Hanneke ^b   van der Giessen, Jeanine A M ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gaming; Knowledge; Motivation; Self determination; Self management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTIVATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CARE;

GAMING; KNOWLEDGE; MOTIVATION; SELF-DETERMINATION; SELF-MANAGEMENT;

CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; SELF CARE; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84880325624     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.04.012     Document Type: Article

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