The CARESSES study protocol: testing and evaluating culturally competent socially assistive robots among older adults residing in long term care homes through a controlled experimental trial
Authors
Papadopoulos, ChrisHill, Tetiana
Battistuzzi, Linda
Castro, Nina
Nigath, Abiha
Randhawa, Gurch
Merton, Len
Kanoria, Sanjeev
Kamide, Hiroko
Chong, Nak Young
Hewson, David
Davidson, Rosemary
Sgorbissa, Antonio
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University of BedfordshireUniversity of Genova
Advinia Health Care Limited
Nagoya University
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
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2020-03-20
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This article describes the design of an intervention study that focuses on whether and to what degree culturally competent social robots can improve health and well-being related outcomes among older adults residing long-term care homes. The trial forms the final stage of the international, multidisciplinary CARESSES project aimed at designing, developing and evaluating culturally competent robots that can assist older people according to the culture of the individual they are supporting. The importance of cultural competence has been demonstrated in previous nursing literature to be key towards improving health outcomes among patients. = 15 each). Participants were allocated to either the experimental group, control group 1 or control group 2 (all n = 15). Those allocated to the experimental group or control group 1 received a Pepper robot programmed with the CARESSES culturally competent artificial intelligence (experimental group) or a limited version of this software (control group 1) for 18 h across 2 weeks. Participants in control group 2 did not receive a robot and continued to receive care as usual. Participants could also nominate their informal carer(s) to participate. Quantitative data collection occurred at baseline, after 1 week of use, and after 2 weeks of use with the latter time-point also including qualitative semi-structured interviews that explored their experience and perceptions further. Quantitative outcomes of interest included perceptions of robotic cultural competence, health-related quality of life, loneliness, user satisfaction, attitudes towards robots and caregiver burden. This trial adds to the current preliminary and limited pool of evidence regarding the benefits of socially assistive robots for older adults which to date indicates considerable potential for improving outcomes. It is the first to assess whether and to what extent cultural competence carries importance in generating improvements to well-being.Citation
Papadopoulos C, Castro N, Nigath A, Davidson R, Faulkes N, Menicatti R, Khaliq AA, Recchiuto C, Battistuzzi L, Randhawa G, Merton L, Kanoria S, Chong NY, Kamide H, Hewson D, Sgorbissa A (2021) 'The CARESSES randomised controlled trial: exploring the health-related impact of culturally competent artificial intelligence embedded into socially assistive robots and tested in oder adult care homes', International Journal of Social Robotics, 14, pp.245-256.Publisher
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Archives of Public HealthPubMed ID
32206312PubMed Central ID
PMC7085156Additional Links
https://archpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13690-020-00409-yhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7085156/
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0778-7367EISSN
0778-7367ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1186/s13690-020-00409-y
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