The effect of a social robot on pain and behavioural and psychological symptoms in people with dementia: A pilot randomised controlled study

Griffith University0 个研究点目标入组 43 人开始时间: 2018年1月19日最近更新: 2019年1月28日

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•(1) Aged 65 years and older who can understand and speak English or Mandarin.
•(2) Participants must have been diagnosed with some form of dementia or probable diagnosis of dementia by staff.
•(3) Being prescribed pain medications or an indication of pain (intensity * frequency greater than or equal to 2) according to two questions about pain intensity and frequency from the Minimum Data Set of the Resident Assessment Instrument (MDS-RAI)-pain scale. For those who cannot self-report pain, proxy pain reports of residents in the previous week will be obtained.
•(4) Display of at least one of the sensory characteristics, e.g., vision, hearing or touch; and (5) Living in a care facility for more than 3 months (to avoid the potential anxiety and distress caused by a new environment).

•(1) Diseases such as acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or renal failure that requires admission to the hospital frequently.
•(2) Terminal illnesses such as advanced cancer where the patient is in the final palliative stage.
•(3) A diagnosis of a major mental illness such as schizophrenia.
•(4) Infectious diseases such as AIDS or tuberculosis or wounds that cannot be adequately covered.

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