The Presence of Humanoid Robot With Older Adults at Homes
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Loneliness
研究概览
简要总结
Background Older adults experience significant physical, cognitive and environmental losses in their later life. Self-supported 'aging-in-place' has benefits for mental health and the quality of life for older people. In the field of gerontological nursing, person-centered holistic care highlights the importance of enabling older people and their significant others (such as older spouse or other family caregivers) to establish healthful relationships so to improve older adults' physical, psychological, mental and social wellbeing. However, globally and also most recommended by Hong Kong government, home-based care services for older adults have not been fully developed. Research on the use of robots supporting older adults is given increasing attention in the globe, but most of them were focused on aiding older adults who are living with dementia or residing in nursing homes. More robotic research needs to be conducted at their own homes in the community and support older people in having an independent lifestyle.
Study Aim This study aims to investigate the feasibility and acceptability of home-based physical robot HUMANE by community-dwelling Chinese older adults and soon-to-be-aged adults and their family caregivers.
Study design and method This study will employ a two-arm pilot randomized control trial with qualitative interviews. People aged 50 or above who are receiving home care from family members will be recruited to this study. Purposive sampling will be adopted in recruitment. The robot HUMANE will be used by the intervention group for a 6-week trial. Loneliness, cognitive function, emotional status, self-efficacy, and sense of coherence will be measured at baseline (day-1) and immediately post-intervention (week-6) to examine preliminary effect of using robot at home. System usage will be measured at immediately post-intervention (week-6) for assessing the perceived usability of the robot.
Data analysis SPSS Statistics 26 will be adopted for all analyses. Descriptive statistics, generalized estimating equations (GEE) models and a deductive content analysis approach will be used in data analysis.
Significances of the study The study will add evidences in the field that social robot may be able to address some of the unmet needs of older people living at their own homes in the community, particularly relating to loneliness, enhancing the development of home-based care services for older adults.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 50 Years 至 100 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Ethnic Chinese aged 50 years and above;
- •Need home-based care from family caregiver, including spouses;
- •Live in his/her own home (not in residential care homes) in Hong Kong;
- •Are able to communicate in Cantonese.
排除标准
- •With acute mental disorders or disabling diseases that may limit the practice of engaging with robot; and
- •have limited access to electricity and this makes them hard to use technology at home.
研究组 & 干预措施
A humanoid social robot
Project team will set up a physical robot at their homes. Each participant will be given a protocol to engage with different features of the robot every day. Participants are asked to complete the assigned daily tasks at their own homes
干预措施: A humanoid social robot (Behavioral)
Control
结局指标
主要结局
Loneliness
时间窗: at baseline (day-1) and immediately post-intervention (week-6)
6-item Loneliness scale: It consists of two subscales: emotional loneliness (1-3 items) and social loneliness (4-6 items). There are negatively (1-3) and positively (4-6) worded items. On the negatively worded items, the neutral and positive answers are scored as "1". Therefore, on questions 1-3 score Yes=1, More or less=1, and No=0. On the positively worded items, the neutral and negative answers are scored as "1". Therefore, on questions 4-6, score Yes=0, More or less=1, and No=1. A score of 3 is the optimal cut point, with moderate or severe loneliness \[score of 3-6\]
次要结局
- Self-efficacy(at baseline (day-1) and immediately post-intervention (week-6))
- Sense of coherence (SOC)(at baseline (day-1) and immediately post-intervention (week-6))
- Memory(at baseline (day-1) and immediately post-intervention (week-6))
- mutuality (if applicable)(at baseline (day-1) and immediately post-intervention (week-6))
- Emotion status(at baseline (day-1) and immediately post-intervention (week-6))
研究者
Dr Angela Leung
Professor and Associate Head (Research)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University