Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Msida, Malta.
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Msida, Malta.
J Adv Nurs. 2021 Jan;77(1):83-97. doi: 10.1111/jan.14581. Epub 2020 Oct 5.
To explore the formal caregivers' perceptions and experiences of using pet robots for persons living with dementia residing in long-term care settings and the factors influencing their perceptions by evaluating, integrating, and synthesizing findings from relevant international research articles using a meta-ethnography.
Noblit and Hare's interpretative meta-ethnography.
Eight articles, published between 2013-2018, were identified following a systematic search of four databases (Scopus, ProQuest Central, EBSCO, and Google Scholar) between June 2019-February 2020.
Two researchers independently appraised the selected articles. Noblit and Hare's seven steps and a meta-ethnography reporting guidance were used. Reciprocal translation was used to obtain a line of argument synthesis.
Three overarching themes were identified: a beneficial tool but not for everybody, a tool that has limitations but could be overcome, and a positive experience if appropriately introduced and sustained.
This meta-ethnography contributes to the understanding of current potential benefits and limitations of pet robots for persons living with dementia residing in long-term settings. It also identifies several factors, as perceived by caregivers, that may influence their acceptability, adoption, and routine use in practice.
Although for the past two decades pet robots have been used as a psychosocial intervention for persons living with dementia in long-term care settings, there is a dearth of literature on the perception of formal caregivers and their experience of such interventions. While pet robots can have emotional, social, behavioural, and practical benefits, there are several technological, organizational, and contextual challenges and limitations that constrain their routine use. The solutions synthesized in this review can be of benefit to robot designers, facility managers, policy makers, and other health care professionals interested in introducing pet robots in long-term care settings.
通过评价、整合和综合来自相关国际研究文章的发现，采用元民族志学的方法，探索长期护理环境中痴呆症患者的正式照顾者对使用宠物机器人的看法和体验，以及影响他们看法的因素。
诺布利特和黑尔的解释性元民族志。
2019 年 6 月至 2020 年 2 月，通过对四个数据库（Scopus、ProQuest Central、EBSCO 和 Google Scholar）进行系统搜索，共确定了 8 篇文章，这些文章发表于 2013 年至 2018 年之间。
两名研究人员独立评估所选文章。使用了诺布利特和黑尔的七步和元民族志报告指南。使用互译来获得论证综合。
确定了三个总体主题：有益的工具，但不是每个人都适用；有局限性的工具，但可以克服；如果适当引入和维持，会有积极的体验。
这项元民族志有助于理解宠物机器人对长期护理环境中痴呆症患者的当前潜在益处和局限性。它还确定了一些因素，这些因素是照顾者认为可能影响其可接受性、采用和常规使用的因素。
尽管在过去的二十年中，宠物机器人已被用作长期护理环境中痴呆症患者的一种心理社会干预措施，但关于正式照顾者的看法及其对这种干预措施的体验的文献却很少。虽然宠物机器人可以带来情感、社交、行为和实际的好处，但也存在一些技术、组织和环境方面的挑战和限制，限制了它们的常规使用。本综述综合的解决方案可以使机器人设计师、设施管理人员、政策制定者和其他对在长期护理环境中引入宠物机器人感兴趣的医疗保健专业人员受益。
