Department of Occupational Therapy, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-781 Poznan, Poland.
Chair and Department of Palliative Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-245 Poznan, Poland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jun 7;18(11):6157. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18116157.
(1) Background: while there exist validated measures to assess the needs of older people, there are comparatively few validated tools to assess needs and requirements for the use of robots. Henceforth, the aim of the study is to present and validate such a tool. (2) Methods: The study group included 720 subjects (mean age 52.0 ± 37.0, 541 females) who agreed to fill the Users' Needs, Requirements, and Abilities Questionnaire (UNRAQ). The validation part of the study included 125 persons. (3) Results: the acceptance of the robot was good in the whole group. The social functions were rated worse than assistive ones. A correlation was found between the scores of social and assistive functions. The respondents claimed that older adults were not prepared to interact with the robot and not very good at handling it, and were sceptical about their willingness to learn to operate the robot. The Cronbach alpha value for the whole questionnaire was 0.95 suggesting excellent internal consistency, and the ICC value of 0.88 represents excellent agreement; (4) Conclusions: We observed a good overall acceptance of the robot across the studied group. There is considerable demand for the use of a social robot in care for older people.
(1) 背景：虽然有经过验证的措施来评估老年人的需求，但用于评估对机器人的使用的需求和要求的工具却相对较少。因此，本研究的目的是提出并验证这样一种工具。
(2) 方法：研究组包括 720 名受试者（平均年龄 52.0±37.0 岁，541 名女性），他们同意填写用户需求、要求和能力问卷（UNRAQ）。研究的验证部分包括 125 人。
(3) 结果：在整个组中，机器人的接受程度良好。社会功能的评分比辅助功能差。社会功能和辅助功能的评分之间存在相关性。受访者表示，老年人还没有准备好与机器人互动，也不太擅长操作它，而且对他们学习操作机器人的意愿持怀疑态度。整个问卷的克朗巴赫 alpha 值为 0.95，表明内部一致性很好，ICC 值为 0.88，代表极好的一致性；
(4) 结论：我们观察到研究组内对机器人的整体接受度良好。人们对在老年人护理中使用社交机器人有很大的需求。
