A Conversational Robotic Approach to Dementia Symptoms: Measuring Its Effect on Older Adults

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction Pub Date : 2019-09-25 DOI:10.1145/3349537.3351888

R. Yamazaki, H. Kase, S. Nishio, H. Ishiguro

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Abstract

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.

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会话机器人方法治疗痴呆症状:测量其对老年人的影响

本研究的目的是探讨机器人调解在促进老年痴呆患者对话以改善痴呆(BPSD)行为和心理症状中的作用。在纵向研究中，我们探索了使用一种名为Telenoid的远程操作机器人如何影响老年人的BPSD，这种机器人可能会促进交谈。本研究在一家长期住宿护理机构进行，是一项前瞻性、为期10周、单臂、探索性研究。这款机器人消除了数字鸿沟的障碍，为痴呆症患者提供了一种与他人远程沟通的方式。BPSD采用疗养院版神经精神病学量表(NPI-NH)进行评估，我们调查了参与者随时间的变化。根据NPI-NH评分，Telenoid可以改善有“焦虑”和“食欲和饮食变化”的老年人的BPSD。结果表明，作为一种非药物方法，每天使用促进对话的机器人可能对老年人的BPSD有治疗作用。

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