Digitally enhanced educational toys for children with type-1 diabetes
Research type
Research Study
Full title
An investigation of the educational impact of digitally enhanced educational toys for children with with type-1 diabetes.
IRAS ID
231365
Contact name
Charalampos Kyfonidis
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Strathclyde
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
The aim of this study is to examine how digitally enhanced educational toys, for children aged 5 to 8 years with diabetes type-1, can foster diabetes education within the clinical setting.
Currently, clinicians are educating children about the basics of their condition (food, insulin, exercise) with the use of plastic food toys in dedicated sessions. These toys are not interactive and do not provide feedback to the children other than an illustration of real world objects.
The main aim of this specific study is to examine how real world educational toys (embedded with electronics), for children aged 5 to 8 years with diabetes type-1, can foster diabetes education within the clinical setting. The second objective is to see if our toys are engaging, fun and age-appropriate for the children. The last objective is to see how the other stakeholders (Parents and Clinicians) are impacted by the effects of those toys.
Children, after the parents' consent, will participate in an educational session guided by a clinician. The children's interactions with the game are going to be observed by a researcher and be recorded with video cameras.
Parents, clinicians and children will be asked to complete questionnaires and clinicians will be interviewed also. The observations and the recordings will be qualitatively and/or quantitatively analysed by the research team.
REC name
East Midlands - Nottingham 1 Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
17/EM/0318
Date of REC Opinion
22 Aug 2017
REC opinion
Unfavourable Opinion