Motivating Children’s Engagement with Sleep Diaries Through Storytelling

Hannah C. van Iterson; Panos Markopoulos; Leonardo E. Gerritsen

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-42283-6_12

Motivating Children’s Engagement with Sleep Diaries Through Storytelling

Hannah C. van Iterson (Corresponding author)
, Panos Markopoulos
, Leonardo E. Gerritsen

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Abstract

Children often experience sleep problems that can negatively impact their well-being and development. Clinicians ask parents to record in a journal information about their child’s sleep, but such parental reports can be biased. Sleep diaries suitable for children can triangulate parental reports and allow children to be actively involved in their treatment. Earlier attempts at sleep diaries for children rely on written text input, which is not suitable for younger children. We designed EP-Sleepy, an interactive console that allows children aged six to eight to report on their sleep experience. EP-Sleepy was designed in two iterations, which explored different interaction mechanisms for keeping children engaged for the required by clinicians period of two weeks. We evaluated the appliance with parents and children demonstrating the feasibility of self-reporting for children six to eight, and how storytelling can motivate children to adhere to a daily self-reporting regime.

Translated title of the contribution	Het motiveren van de betrokkenheid van kinderen met slaapdagboeken door middel van verhalen
Original language	English
Title of host publication	Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2023
Subtitle of host publication	19th IFIP TC13 International Conference, York, UK, August 28 – September 1, 2023, Proceedings, Part II
Editors	José Abdelnour Nocera, Marta Kristín Lárusdóttir, Helen Petrie, Antonio Piccinno, Marco Winckler
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	214-223
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-42283-6
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-42282-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42283-6_12
Publication status	Published - 25 Aug 2023
Event	19th IFIP International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 2023 - York, United Kingdom Duration: 28 Aug 2023 → 1 Sept 2023

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
Volume	14143
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	19th IFIP International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 2023
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	York
Period	28/08/23 → 1/09/23

Funding

We are grateful to the children and their guardians for their effort and cooperation during our studies. We deeply appreciate S. Pillen, L. Quadackers and R. Kurvers for their insights and expertise. We thank the staff and children of the Convitto Nazionale G. Leopardi School in Macerata, Italy, and the Korein after-school child-care centre in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

Keywords

Children
Self-tracking
Sleep diary

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van Iterson, H. C., Markopoulos, P., & Gerritsen, L. E. (2023). Motivating Children’s Engagement with Sleep Diaries Through Storytelling. In J. Abdelnour Nocera, M. Kristín Lárusdóttir, H. Petrie, A. Piccinno, & M. Winckler (Eds.), Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2023: 19th IFIP TC13 International Conference, York, UK, August 28 – September 1, 2023, Proceedings, Part II (pp. 214-223). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS); Vol. 14143). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42283-6_12

van Iterson, Hannah C. ; Markopoulos, Panos ; Gerritsen, Leonardo E. / Motivating Children’s Engagement with Sleep Diaries Through Storytelling. Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2023: 19th IFIP TC13 International Conference, York, UK, August 28 – September 1, 2023, Proceedings, Part II. editor / José Abdelnour Nocera ; Marta Kristín Lárusdóttir ; Helen Petrie ; Antonio Piccinno ; Marco Winckler. Cham : Springer, 2023. pp. 214-223 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)).

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van Iterson, HC , Markopoulos, P & Gerritsen, LE 2023, Motivating Children’s Engagement with Sleep Diaries Through Storytelling. in J Abdelnour Nocera, M Kristín Lárusdóttir, H Petrie, A Piccinno & M Winckler (eds), Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2023: 19th IFIP TC13 International Conference, York, UK, August 28 – September 1, 2023, Proceedings, Part II. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), vol. 14143, Springer, Cham, pp. 214-223, 19th IFIP International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 2023, York, United Kingdom, 28/08/23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42283-6_12

Motivating Children’s Engagement with Sleep Diaries Through Storytelling. / van Iterson, Hannah C. (Corresponding author); Markopoulos, Panos; Gerritsen, Leonardo E.
Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2023: 19th IFIP TC13 International Conference, York, UK, August 28 – September 1, 2023, Proceedings, Part II. ed. / José Abdelnour Nocera; Marta Kristín Lárusdóttir; Helen Petrie; Antonio Piccinno; Marco Winckler. Cham: Springer, 2023. p. 214-223 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS); Vol. 14143).

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