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Maintenance and Improvement of Quality of Life among Elderly Patients Using a Pet-Type Robot.
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There have been reports of cases in which quality of life and loneliness of elderly people have been affected by interaction with the pet-type robot AIBO. In the present comparison between first and 20th sessions of activity with the pet-type robot, statistically significant improvements were observed in speech, emotional words and satisfaction index. The AKO loneliness scale value was 3.33 at the first session, and was 1.00 at the 20th session (statistically significant decrease). In a comparison of health-related QOL before and after interaction with AIBO, using the SF-36 survey, role function (RP) was statistically higher at the 20th session than at the first session. Evaluation by CgA, a mental stress index, showed a statistically significant decrease as the number of AIBO sessions increased. Case 1: The patient was a 68-year-old woman with chronic rheumatoid arthritis. Her AKO loneliness scale value was 4 on the first session and 1 on the 20th session. She said, "I do not think about anything while playing with the pet-type robot. It heals my mind." Case 2: The patient was a 74-year-old woman with cervical osteochondrosis. Her AKO loneliness scale value was 5 on the first session and 2 on the 20th session. She said, "The first time, I didn't like playing with the robot because I was depressed. After I had played with the robot several times, I felt good." Case 3: The patient was an 84-year-old man with cerebral apoplexy sequelae. His AKO loneliness scale value was 6 on the first session and 1 on the 20th session. He sang with the robot occasionally. The amount of conversation between him and his children greatly increased. Unlike animals, a pet robot does not carry the risk of bacterial infection. The present results suggest the possibility of using robots as a substitute for animal-assisted therapy and other psychosocial therapy in aseptic rooms, ICUs, children's wards, and special care wards for patients with dementia.
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“In HRI literature although there is some evidence suggesting technology in form of social robots can reduce loneliness for older adults (e.g., [4,31])”
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“In a case series, a robotic dog improved the loneliness scores on one assessment instrument of five medically ill elderly persons [31].”
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- Authors
- Kanamori, M., Suzuki, M., & Tanaka, M.
- Affiliations
- Hamamatsu University (JP)
- Hamamatsu University School of Medicine (JP)
- ORCID
- Suzuki, Mizue
- Venue
- Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi. Japanese Journal of Geriatrics
- Publisher
- The Japan Geriatrics Society
- Published
- 2002
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 214-218
- ISSN
- 0300-9173 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W382502046
- Cited by
- 108
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 1.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- ja
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Locations
- Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi Japanese Journal of Geriatrics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Social Robot Interaction and HRI
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Geriatrics and Gerontology › Technology Use by Older Adults
- Keywords
- AIBO, elderly patients, loneliness, quality of life, animal-assisted therapy, robot-assisted therapy, rheumatoid arthritis, cervical osteochondrosis, depression, psychological stress, role functioning
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Arthritis, Rheumatoid, Cerebral Infarction, Female, Humans, Loneliness, Osteochondritis, Quality of Life, Robotics, Patient Satisfaction
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