Socially assistive robots in health and social care: Acceptance and cultural factors. Results from an exploratory international online survey

Papadopoulos, Irena; Wright, Steve; Ali, Sheila; Lazzarino, Runa; Martín‐García, Ángel; Oter‐Quintana, Cristina; Kouta, Christiana; Rousou, Elena; Papp, Katalin; Krepinska, Radka; Tóthová, Valérie; Malliarou, Maria; Apostolara, Paraskevi; Lesińska–Sawicka, Małgorzata; Nagórska, Małgorzata; Líšková, Miroslava; Nortvedt, Line; Alpers, Lise‐Merete; Biglete-Pangilinan, Sylvia; Oconer-Rubiano, Ma Florinda; Chaisetsampun, Wireeporn; Wichit, Nutchanath; Ghassemi, Akhtar Ebrahimi; Jafarjalal, Ezzat; Zorba, Akile; Kuckert-Wöstheinrich, Andrea; Malla, Rabin; Toda, Tomiko; Akman, Özlem; Öztürk, Candan; Puvimanasinghe, Teresa; Esterman, Adrian; Eldar-Regev, Orit; Nissim, Sara

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“…The acceptance of socially assistive robots by older adults has a significant effect on their diffusion, and the value of using them can only be realized when people accept and use this technology. The studies included in our current meta-analysis have demonstrated positive acceptance of socially assistive robots among middle-aged and older adults, but to varying degrees, which may be related to differences in national cultural backgrounds, living environments (Papadopoulos et al, 2023), features offered by socially assistive robots, the appearance of socially assistive robots (Barrett et al, 2019), and tools for assessing technology acceptance (Bevilacqua et al, 2022). We also found that, in the same country, acceptance was higher in more recent studies compared to earlier studies on the acceptance of socially assistive robots.…”

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Technology Acceptance of Socially Assistive Robots Among Older Adults and the Factors Influencing It: A Meta-Analysis

Luo,

Yuan,

Mao

et al. 2023

J Appl Gerontol

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The purpose of this study was to deeply understand older adults’ acceptance of socially assistive robots and their influencing factors and to compare the strength of the correlation between each influencing factor variable and the acceptance. The literature search was performed in five databases from their inception to January 17, 2023. The meta-analysis was performed using Review Manager 5.4 and Stata 16.0 software. Thirteen papers were included in this study. The mean value of acceptability after using the inverse variance method was 3.68. Education level is strongly related to technology acceptance; perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, technology experience, technology attitude, perceived hedonism, and convenience are moderately related; anxiety is only weakly related.

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Technology Acceptance of Socially Assistive Robots Among Older Adults and the Factors Influencing It: A Meta-Analysis

Luo,

Yuan,

Mao

et al. 2023

J Appl Gerontol

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Instruments for Measuring Psychological Dimensions in Human-Robot Interaction: A Systematic Review of Psychometric Properties. (Preprint)

Vagnetti,

Camp,

Story

et al. 2023

Journal of Medical Internet Research

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Social robot for older adults with cognitive decline: a preliminary trial

Figueroa,

Yamazaki,

Nishio

et al. 2023

Front. Robot. AI

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The number of older adults living alone is rapidly increasing. Loneliness in older adults not only degrade their quality of life but also causes troubles such as heavy burden on the medical staff, especially when cognitive decline is present. Social robots could be used in several ways to reduce such problems. As a first step towards this goal, we introduced conversation robots into the homes of older adults with cognitive decline to evaluate the robot’s availability and acceptance during several months. The study involved two steps, one for evaluating the robustness of the proposed robotic system, and the second one to examine the long-term acceptance of social robots by older adults with cognitive decline living alone. Our data shows that after several weeks of human-robot interaction, the participants continued to use the robot and successfully integrated them into their lives. These results open the possibility of further research involving how sustained interaction can be achieved, as well as which factors contributed to the acceptance of the robot.

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Socially assistive robots in health and social care: Acceptance and cultural factors. Results from an exploratory international online survey

Abstract: This study explored the views of an international sample of registered nurses and midwives working in health and social care concerning socially assistive robots (SARs), and the relationship between dimensions of culture and rejection of the idea that SARs had benefits in these settings.

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Technology Acceptance of Socially Assistive Robots Among Older Adults and the Factors Influencing It: A Meta-Analysis

Technology Acceptance of Socially Assistive Robots Among Older Adults and the Factors Influencing It: A Meta-Analysis

Instruments for Measuring Psychological Dimensions in Human-Robot Interaction: A Systematic Review of Psychometric Properties. (Preprint)

Social robot for older adults with cognitive decline: a preliminary trial

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