Challenges for Service Robots—Requirements of Elderly Adults with Cognitive Impairments
ObjectiveWe focused on identifying the requirements and needs of people suffering from Alzheimer disease and early dementia stages with relation to robotic assistants.MethodsBased on focus groups performed in two centers (Poland and Spain), we created surveys for medical staff, patients, and caregiv...
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doaj-18b210aef5d14c80bce03df006f97f072020-11-25T00:02:02ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Neurology1664-22952017-06-01810.3389/fneur.2017.00228257768Challenges for Service Robots—Requirements of Elderly Adults with Cognitive ImpairmentsAgnieszka Korchut0Sebastian Szklener1Carla Abdelnour2Natalia Tantinya3Joan Hernández-Farigola4Joan Carles Ribes5Urszula Skrobas6Katarzyna Grabowska-Aleksandrowicz7Dorota Szczęśniak-Stańczyk8Konrad Rejdak9Konrad Rejdak10Department of Neurology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, PolandDepartment of Neurology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, PolandAlzheimer Research Center and Memory Clinic of Fundacio ACE, Institut Catala de Neurociencies Aplicades, Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainAlzheimer Research Center and Memory Clinic of Fundacio ACE, Institut Catala de Neurociencies Aplicades, Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainAlzheimer Research Center and Memory Clinic of Fundacio ACE, Institut Catala de Neurociencies Aplicades, Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainAlzheimer Research Center and Memory Clinic of Fundacio ACE, Institut Catala de Neurociencies Aplicades, Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainDepartment of Neurology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, PolandDepartment of Neurology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, PolandDepartment of Cardiology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, PolandDepartment of Neurology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, PolandMedical Research Center Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, PolandObjectiveWe focused on identifying the requirements and needs of people suffering from Alzheimer disease and early dementia stages with relation to robotic assistants.MethodsBased on focus groups performed in two centers (Poland and Spain), we created surveys for medical staff, patients, and caregivers, including: functional requirements; human–robot interaction, the design of the robotic assistant and user acceptance aspects. Using Likert scale and analysis made on the basis of the frequency of survey responses, we identified users’ needs as high, medium, and low priority.ResultsWe gathered 264 completed surveys (100 from medical staff, 81 from caregivers, and 83 from potential users). Most of the respondents, almost at the same level in each of the three groups, accept robotic assistants and their support in everyday life. High level priority functional requirements were related to reacting in emergency situations (calling for help, detecting/removing obstacles) and to reminding about medication intake, about boiling water, turning off the gas and lights (almost 60% of answers). With reference to human–robot interaction, high priority was given to voice operated system and the capability of robotic assistants to reply to simple questions.ConclusionOur results help in achieving better understanding of the needs of patients with cognitive impairments during home tasks in everyday life. This way of conducting the research, with considerations for the interests of three stakeholder groups in two autonomic centers with proven experience regarding the needs of our patient groups, highlights the importance of obtained results.http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2017.00228/fullservice robotsmild cognitive impairmentAlzheimer’s diseaseuser requirementsrobotic assistant |
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Agnieszka Korchut Sebastian Szklener Carla Abdelnour Natalia Tantinya Joan Hernández-Farigola Joan Carles Ribes Urszula Skrobas Katarzyna Grabowska-Aleksandrowicz Dorota Szczęśniak-Stańczyk Konrad Rejdak Konrad Rejdak Challenges for Service Robots—Requirements of Elderly Adults with Cognitive Impairments Frontiers in Neurology service robots mild cognitive impairment Alzheimer’s disease user requirements robotic assistant |
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Agnieszka Korchut Sebastian Szklener Carla Abdelnour Natalia Tantinya Joan Hernández-Farigola Joan Carles Ribes Urszula Skrobas Katarzyna Grabowska-Aleksandrowicz Dorota Szczęśniak-Stańczyk Konrad Rejdak Konrad Rejdak |
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Challenges for Service Robots—Requirements of Elderly Adults with Cognitive Impairments |
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ObjectiveWe focused on identifying the requirements and needs of people suffering from Alzheimer disease and early dementia stages with relation to robotic assistants.MethodsBased on focus groups performed in two centers (Poland and Spain), we created surveys for medical staff, patients, and caregivers, including: functional requirements; human–robot interaction, the design of the robotic assistant and user acceptance aspects. Using Likert scale and analysis made on the basis of the frequency of survey responses, we identified users’ needs as high, medium, and low priority.ResultsWe gathered 264 completed surveys (100 from medical staff, 81 from caregivers, and 83 from potential users). Most of the respondents, almost at the same level in each of the three groups, accept robotic assistants and their support in everyday life. High level priority functional requirements were related to reacting in emergency situations (calling for help, detecting/removing obstacles) and to reminding about medication intake, about boiling water, turning off the gas and lights (almost 60% of answers). With reference to human–robot interaction, high priority was given to voice operated system and the capability of robotic assistants to reply to simple questions.ConclusionOur results help in achieving better understanding of the needs of patients with cognitive impairments during home tasks in everyday life. This way of conducting the research, with considerations for the interests of three stakeholder groups in two autonomic centers with proven experience regarding the needs of our patient groups, highlights the importance of obtained results. |
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