106 Chapter 4 4 Acknowledgements The authors thank all the children, caregivers and healthcare professionals who participated in the study. We thank our advisory board for their advise throughout. Findings from the study have informed the development of the Hospital Hero app, a smartphone app developed to make a hospital visit more pleasant. We thank our product owner Dayella Rademaker for advancing the Hospital Hero app. Data availability statement The raw data supporting the conclusions of this article will be made available by the authors, without undue reservation. Ethics statement The studies involving human participants were reviewed and approved by Medical Ethical Review Committee of the Leiden University Medical Centre. Written informed consent to participate in this study was provided by the participants’ legal guardian/ next of kin. Author contributions AB conceptualized and designed study 1 and coordinated data collection and the overall process. CP, EM, MV and NV conceptualized and designed study 2 and CP and MV coordinated data collection and the overall process. AB, CP and MV analysed the data. NV, ND and VvN contributed to data collection, analysis of the data and the overall process. CP wrote the manuscript and EM and AB provided feedback at each version of the manuscript. AR and NC provided advice in multiple stages of the research. EM, AB, MV, NV, NC and AR critically reviewed the paper. All authors contributed to the article and approved the submitted version. Funding This study was partly funded by DESIGNSCAPES, a H2020 European project approved under the topic CO-CREATION-02-2016. Conflict of interest The Hospital Hero app and the interest from other hospitals led to foundation of the non-profit foundation Hospital Hero (founded August 2022). Authors Charlotte Poot and Nicole Donkel are the co-founders and board members of the foundation. Authors Eline Meijer and Arno Roest are members of the advisory board. Publisher’s note All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article, or claim that may be made by its manufacturer, is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.
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