Effectiveness of Socially Assistive Robots in Promoting Positive Emotional Responses and Alleviating Postoperative Pain Among Children: Quantitative Study

Fang-Yu Hsu   ^{1, 2} , RN, MS ;   Yun-Hsuan Lee   ¹ , RN, MS ;   Chih-Yuan Yang   ^{3, 4} , PhD ;   Sue-hsien Chen   ^{2, 5, 6} , RN, PhD ;   Shih-Ming Chu   ^{7, 8} , MD, MS, EMBA ;   Angela Shin-Yu Lien   ^{6, 9} , RN, PhD

¹ Graduate Institute of Nursing, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

² Department of Nursing Management, Chang Gung Medical Foundation Administration, Taoyuan, Taiwan

³ Department of Artificial Intelligence, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

⁴ Artificial Intelligence Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

⁵ School of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan, Taiwan

⁶ School of Nursing, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

⁷ Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

⁸ School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

⁹ Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan