TY - GEN
T1 - A Multicenter Survey About Companion Robot Acceptability in Caregivers of Patients with Dementia
AU - D’Onofrio, Grazia
AU - Sancarlo, Daniele
AU - Oscar, James
AU - Ricciardi, Francesco
AU - Casey, Dympna
AU - Murphy, Keith
AU - Giuliani, Francesco
AU - Greco, Antonio
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing AG 2018.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - In the frame of the European Community funded MARIO, caregivers of 139 dementia patients were recruited in National University of Ireland (NUIG), in Geriatrics Unit of IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”-Italy (IRCCS) and in Alzheimer Association Bari-Italy (AAB) for a multicenter survey on to determine the needs and preferences of caregivers for improving the assistance of dementia patients, and guiding technological development of MARIO. A six minute video on technological devices and functions of MARIO was showed, and all caregivers fulfilled a 43-item questionnaire that explored four areas: (A) Acceptability, (B) Functionality, (C) Support devices, and (D) Impact. Caregivers declared that to facilitate acceptance (over 17.5%) and to improve functionality of MARIO (over 29%) should be important/likely/useful. Over 20.3% of caregivers reported that following support devices in MARIO could be useful for their patients: (1) for monitoring bed-rest and movements, (2) for monitoring the medication use, (3) for monitoring the ambient environmental conditions, (4) for regulating heating, humidity, lighting and TV channel, (5) for undertaking comprehensive geriatric assessment, (6) for link to care planning, (7) for monitoring physiological deterioration, and (8) for monitoring cognitive deterioration. Over 21.8% of caregivers declared that MARIO should be useful to improve quality of life, quality of care, safety, emergency communications, home-based physical and/or cognitive rehabilitation programs, and to detect isolation and health status changes of their patients. MARIO is a novel approach employing robot companions, and its effect will be: (1) to facilitate and support persons with dementia and their caregivers, and (2) reduce social exclusion and isolation.
AB - In the frame of the European Community funded MARIO, caregivers of 139 dementia patients were recruited in National University of Ireland (NUIG), in Geriatrics Unit of IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”-Italy (IRCCS) and in Alzheimer Association Bari-Italy (AAB) for a multicenter survey on to determine the needs and preferences of caregivers for improving the assistance of dementia patients, and guiding technological development of MARIO. A six minute video on technological devices and functions of MARIO was showed, and all caregivers fulfilled a 43-item questionnaire that explored four areas: (A) Acceptability, (B) Functionality, (C) Support devices, and (D) Impact. Caregivers declared that to facilitate acceptance (over 17.5%) and to improve functionality of MARIO (over 29%) should be important/likely/useful. Over 20.3% of caregivers reported that following support devices in MARIO could be useful for their patients: (1) for monitoring bed-rest and movements, (2) for monitoring the medication use, (3) for monitoring the ambient environmental conditions, (4) for regulating heating, humidity, lighting and TV channel, (5) for undertaking comprehensive geriatric assessment, (6) for link to care planning, (7) for monitoring physiological deterioration, and (8) for monitoring cognitive deterioration. Over 21.8% of caregivers declared that MARIO should be useful to improve quality of life, quality of care, safety, emergency communications, home-based physical and/or cognitive rehabilitation programs, and to detect isolation and health status changes of their patients. MARIO is a novel approach employing robot companions, and its effect will be: (1) to facilitate and support persons with dementia and their caregivers, and (2) reduce social exclusion and isolation.
KW - Acceptability
KW - Building resilience for loneliness and dementia
KW - Caring service robots
KW - Comprehensive geriatric assessment
KW - Quality of care
KW - Quality of life
KW - Safety
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85034256613&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-66802-4_22
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-66802-4_22
M3 - Conference Publication
SN - 9783319668017
T3 - Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
SP - 161
EP - 178
BT - Sensors and Microsystems - Proceedings of the 19th AISEM 2017 National Conference
A2 - Leone, Alessandro
A2 - Forleo, Angiola
A2 - Francioso, Luca
A2 - Capone, Simona
A2 - Siciliano, Pietro
A2 - Di Natale, Corrado
PB - Springer-Verlag
T2 - 19th AISEM National Conference on Sensors and Microsystems, 2017
Y2 - 21 February 2017 through 23 February 2017
ER -