Table 1.

Play therapy

Study	Objective	Type	Key findings	Age range
Henkemans et al. [17]	To assess the impact of a personal robot in providing diabetes self-management education to children with diabetes	RCT (n = 27)	Increased knowledge of diabetes self-management in the active group that was not found in the control group (p = 0.001)	7–12 years
Pélicand et al. [7]	To study the impact of recreational method and tools to assist education of children with diabetes on self-management	Qualitative study (n = 14)	Results showed that recreational teaching methods were effective in enabling the children to develop various treatment-related skills	10–12 years
Pennafort et al. [18]	(To) study the impact of toy use in education of children with diabetes on self-management	Qualitative study (n = 26)	The instructional toys were found to increase interest in the educational program, and improved their familiarity with self-management techniques	7–11 years
La Banca et al. [19]	To understand the experience of children with diabetes through instructional therapeutic play (ITP)	Qualitative Study (n = 8)	They found that children responded well to ITP, and it effectively allowed them to ease tensions and feel more in control of their disease	6–10 years