Using the Social Robot NAO for Emotional Support to Children at a Pediatric Emergency Department: Randomized Clinical Trial.

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Authors

• Silvia Rossi
  Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University Federico II-Naples, Naples, Italy.
• Silvano Junior Santini
  Department of Life, Health & Environmental Sciences, School of Emergency and Urgency Medicine, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
• Daniela Di Genova
  Department of Life, Health & Environmental Sciences, School of Emergency and Urgency Medicine, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
• Gianpaolo Maggi
  Department of Psychology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Caserta, Italy.
• Alberto Verrotti
  Department of Pediatrics, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
• Giovanni Farello
  Pediatric Unit, Department of Life, Health & Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
• Roberta Romualdi
  Department of Life, Health & Environmental Sciences, School of Emergency and Urgency Medicine, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
• Anna Alisi
  Research Unit of Molecular Genetics of Complex Phenotypes, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
• Alberto Eugenio Tozzi
  Multifactorial and Complex Diseases Research Area, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Rome, Italy.
• Clara Balsano
  Dept. of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences MESVA, University of L'Aquila, Piazza S. Salvatore Tommasi 1, 67100, Coppito, L'Aquila. Italy; Francesco Balsano Foundation, Via Giovanni Battista Martini 6, 00198, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: clara.balsano@univaq.it.

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