Mountain Area Health Education Center, Asheville, NC, USA.
McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA.
Int Rev Psychiatry. 2021 Jun;33(4):424-434. doi: 10.1080/09540261.2020.1839391. Epub 2021 Jan 21.
The goals of this scoping literature review are to (1) aggregate the current research involving socially assistive robots in the setting of geriatric psychiatry and (2) examine the outcome measures used in these studies and determine where the gaps and needs are. In light of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the geriatric psychiatric population in particular is vulnerable to both the physical and mental toll COVID-19 may cause. Recently, socially assistive robots have gained attention for their ability to aid in the care of the geriatric psychiatry population and are being explored as a realistic way to deliver certain elements of psychiatric care that have the potential to be safe even in the setting of COVID-19. The results of this review indicate that robots are in the early stages of clinical applicability, they display usability for a range of psychiatric indications, and their impact on clinical care is notable. We project that in the next few years, robotic applications will be tailored to address clinical outcomes with a greater degree of precision and efficacy.
(1) 综合目前涉及老年精神病学领域的社交辅助机器人研究；(2) 检查这些研究中使用的结果衡量标准，并确定差距和需求所在。鉴于全球 COVID-19 大流行，老年精神病患者尤其容易受到 COVID-19 可能导致的身心影响。最近，社交辅助机器人因其能够帮助照顾老年精神病患者而受到关注，并且正在探索作为一种现实的方式来提供某些精神科护理元素，这些元素即使在 COVID-19 环境中也有可能是安全的。本综述的结果表明，机器人正处于临床应用的早期阶段，它们在一系列精神病指征上显示出可用性，并且对临床护理的影响显著。我们预计，在未来几年内，机器人应用将根据临床结果进行调整，以提高精准度和效果。
