Feasibility, acceptance, and impact of socially assistive robots in non-drug interventions with people with dementia: A scoping review.

Background: With increasing research on robotics, socially assistive robots may broaden potential forms of non-drug interventions for the increasing numbers of people with cognitive impairments. Existing reviews have concentrated on one robot, one intervention, or one outcome only. With this paper,...

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Publicado en:Gerontechnology Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 1 - 26
Autores principales: Wasić, Catharina, Pendergrass, Anna, Böhme, Hans-Joachim, Bahrmann, Frank, Graessel, Elmar
Formato: pictorial research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: International Society for Gerontechnology 2020
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          Wasić, Catharina
          Pendergrass, Anna
          Böhme, Hans-Joachim
          Bahrmann, Frank
          Graessel, Elmar
        affil: Center for Health Services Research in Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
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          Dementia Therapy
          Robotics Utilization
          Assistive Technology Devices Utilization
          Treatment Outcomes Evaluation
          Human
          Scoping Review
          PubMed
          CINAHL Database
          Cognition
          Agitation
          Communication
          Consumer Participation
          Pleasure
      ab: Background: With increasing research on robotics, socially assistive robots may broaden potential forms of non-drug interventions for the increasing numbers of people with cognitive impairments. Existing reviews have concentrated on one robot, one intervention, or one outcome only. With this paper, we attempt to gain an overarching perspective on different types of socially assistive robots in various non-drug interventions, and their feasibility, acceptance, and impact. Objective: We conducted a scoping review of research on socially assistive robots used in non-drug interventions for people with dementia (PwDs) or people with mild cognitive impairment (PwMCIs) to determine whether the use of robots is feasible, accepted, and yields a positive impact on the attendees. Methods: We used the online databases PubMed, CINAHL, and IEEE Xplore to identify relevant studies published up to the end of 2018. To be included, studies had to involve PwDs/PwMCIs and deploy a robot in a non-drug intervention. Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) structures were excluded. Results: This review included a total of 70 records with 21 different robots (12 animaloids, 4 humanoids, 5 mechanoids). The findings indicated that feasibility is a necessity for acceptance, which in turn is a necessity to generate an impact. Robots are feasible as long as they function and as long as non-cognitive symptoms (e.g. agitation) do not get in the way of conducting the intervention. Results for acceptance were mixed, but generally, PwDs and PwMCIs were interested in interacting with the robots. No coherent positive impacts other than increased communication, engagement, and pleasure were found. Neither cognitive nor other non-cognitive symptoms of PwD/PwMCI were significantly positively influenced by controlled studies. Conclusions: Firstly, more research should focus on feasibility and acceptance. Secondly, studies examining possible impacts need to be better structured and comparable.
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