TY - GEN
T1 - A conversational robotic approach to dementia symptoms
T2 - 7th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, HAI 2019
AU - Yamazaki, Ryuji
AU - Kase, Hiroko
AU - Nishio, Shuichi
AU - Ishiguro, Hiroshi
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was partially supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers 16K16480 and 19K11395, and by Innovation Platform for Society 5.0 at MEXT. This paper is also a part of the outcome of research performed under a Waseda University Grant for Special Research Projects (Project number: 2018K-308), and a grant from Japanese Council of Senior Citizens Welfare Service.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 ACM.
PY - 2019/9/25
Y1 - 2019/9/25
N2 - The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of robotic mediation in promoting conversation of older adults with dementia for improving behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). In the longitudinal study, we explored how the BPSD in older adults could be affected by use of a teleoperated android robot named Telenoid that could potentially promote conversation. This study was conducted at a long-term residential care facility, and it was a prospective, 10-week, single arm, exploratory user study. Diminishing the barrier of digital divide, the android robot provided those with dementia with a way to remotely communicate with others. BPSD were assessed using the Neuropsychiatric Inventory Nursing Home Version (NPI-NH), and we investigated changes in the participants over time. According to NPI-NH scores, Telenoid could improve BPSD in older adults with "anxiety," and "appetite and eating change." The results indicate that as a non-pharmacological approach, daily use of the conversation promoting android robot could have a therapeutic effect on the BPSD in older adults.
AB - The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of robotic mediation in promoting conversation of older adults with dementia for improving behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). In the longitudinal study, we explored how the BPSD in older adults could be affected by use of a teleoperated android robot named Telenoid that could potentially promote conversation. This study was conducted at a long-term residential care facility, and it was a prospective, 10-week, single arm, exploratory user study. Diminishing the barrier of digital divide, the android robot provided those with dementia with a way to remotely communicate with others. BPSD were assessed using the Neuropsychiatric Inventory Nursing Home Version (NPI-NH), and we investigated changes in the participants over time. According to NPI-NH scores, Telenoid could improve BPSD in older adults with "anxiety," and "appetite and eating change." The results indicate that as a non-pharmacological approach, daily use of the conversation promoting android robot could have a therapeutic effect on the BPSD in older adults.
KW - Android robot
KW - Anxiety
KW - Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (bpsd)
KW - Communication support
KW - Neuropsychiatric inventory (npi)
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U2 - 10.1145/3349537.3351888
DO - 10.1145/3349537.3351888
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85077117663
T3 - HAI 2019 - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction
SP - 110
EP - 117
BT - HAI 2019 - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Y2 - 6 October 2019 through 10 October 2019
ER -