Benefits and problems of health-care robots in aged care settings: A comparison trial

被引：53

作者：

Broadbent, Elizabeth ^{[1
]}

Kerse, Ngaire ^{[2
]}

Peri, Kathryn ^{[3
]}

Robinson, Hayley ^{[1
]}

Jayawardena, Chandimal ^{[4
]}

Kuo, Tony ^{[4
]}

Datta, Chandan ^{[4
]}

Stafford, Rebecca ^{[1
]}

Butler, Haley ^{[1
]}

Jawalkar, Pratyusha ^{[1
]}

Amor, Maddy ^{[1
]}

Robins, Ben ^{[5
]}

MacDonald, Bruce ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Auckland, Dept Psychol Med, Auckland 1, New Zealand

[2] Univ Auckland, Dept Gen Practice & Primary Care, Auckland 1, New Zealand

[3] Univ Auckland, Sch Nursing, Auckland 1, New Zealand

[4] Univ Auckland, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Auckland 1, New Zealand

[5] Uniservices, Auckland, New Zealand

来源：

AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING | 2016年 / 35卷 / 01期

关键词：

aged care; depression; quality of life; residents; robot; staff; DIMENSIONS;

D O I：

10.1111/ajag.12190

中图分类号：

R592 [老年病学]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ; 100203 ;

摘要：

Aim: This study investigated whether multiple health-care robots could have any benefits or cause any problems in an aged care facility. Method: Fifty-three residents and 53 staff participated in a non-randomised controlled trial over 12 weeks. Six robots provided entertainment, communication and health-monitoring functions in staff rooms and activity lounges. These settings were compared to control settings without robots. Results: There were no significant differences between groups in resident or staff outcomes, except a significant increase in job satisfaction in the control group only. The intervention group perceived the robots had more agency and experience than the control group did. Perceived agency of the robots decreased over time in both groups. Overall, we received very mixed responses with positive, neutral and negative comments. Conclusions: The robots had no major benefits or problems. Future research could give robots stronger operational roles, use more specific outcome measures, and perform cost-benefit analyses.

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