在社会孤立的韩裔美国老年人中探索社会辅助机器人的使用
Othelia EunKyoung Lee1, Kwi Ok Nah2, Eun Mi Kim3
1School of Social Work, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA.
概括
社交辅助机器人 (SARs) 可能会改善老年韩裔美国移民的健康行为和情感福祉. 参与者表现出更好的药物坚持和更少的抑郁症状,这表明机器人具有很高的可采用性.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 人与计算机的交互
- 移民健康 移民健康
背景情况:
- 老年人,特别是移民,在维持健康行为和情绪健康方面面临着独特的挑战.
- 社会辅助机器人 (SARs) 为老龄化人口提供了潜在的支持途径.
- 韩裔美国移民老年人代表了一个特定的人口结构,对技术健康干预的潜在需求.
研究的目的:
- 探索SAR对朝鲜裔美国移民老年人的健康行为和情感福祉的影响.
- 评估SARs在这个人口群体中的接受度和可采用性.
- 为了评估药物坚持,抑郁症状,孤独和残疾的变化.
主要方法:
- 试点研究使用一组测试前后设计.
- 30名参与者 (65岁以上) 接受了4个月的SAR (Hyodol).
- 对健康行为和情感福祉的定量评估,并补充了深入的定性访谈.
主要成果:
- 干预后观察到药物坚持的显著改善.
- 在统计学上显著地减少了抑郁症状.
- 观察到一个非显著的趋势,即孤独感的减少.
- 定性数据表明,参与者对SAR的采用率高,对SAR的看法积极.
结论:
- 社会辅助机器人Hyodol在朝鲜裔美国移民老年人中对关键健康行为和情绪健康指标产生了积极影响.
- 这项研究表明,SAR在这个人群中具有很高的可采用性和接受性.
- 需要使用更大的样本规模进行进一步的研究来证实这些有希望的发现.
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