UBC IDEA lab, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
UBC IDEA lab, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
BMJ Open. 2021 Sep 17;11(9):e051769. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051769.
Social isolation is a significant issue in aged care settings (eg, long-term care (LTC) and hospital) and is associated with adverse outcomes such as reduced well-being and loneliness. Loneliness is linked with depression, anxiety, cognitive decline, weakened immune system, poor physical health, poor quality of life and mortality. The use of robotic assistance may help mitigate social isolation and loneliness. Although telepresence robots have been used in healthcare settings, a comprehensive review of studies focusing on their use in aged care for reducing social isolation requires further investigation. This scoping review will focus on the use of telepresence robots to support social connection of older people in care settings.
This scoping review will follow Joanna Briggs Institute scoping review methodology. The review team consists of patient partners and family partners, a nurse researcher and a group of students. In the scoping review, we will search the following databases: MEDLINE (Ovid), CINAHL, PsycINFO (EBSCO), Web of Science and ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. Google and Google Scholar will be used to search for additional literature. A handsearch will be conducted using the reference lists of included studies to identify additional relevant articles. The scoping review will consider studies of using a telepresence robotic technology with older adults in care settings (ie, LTC and hospital), published in English.
Since the methodology of the study consists of collecting data from publicly available articles, it does not require ethics approval. By examining the current state of using telepresence to support older people in care settings, this scoping review can offer useful insight into users' needs (eg, patients' and care providers' needs) and inform future research and practice. We will share the scoping review results through conference presentations and an open access publication in a peer-reviewed journal.
社交隔离是老年护理环境（如长期护理（LTC）和医院）中的一个重大问题，与幸福感下降和孤独感等不良后果相关。孤独感与抑郁、焦虑、认知能力下降、免疫系统减弱、身体健康状况不佳、生活质量差和死亡率升高有关。使用机器人辅助可能有助于减轻社交隔离和孤独感。尽管远程临场机器人已在医疗保健环境中使用，但需要进一步研究全面审查专注于将其用于老年护理以减少社交隔离的研究。本范围界定审查将侧重于使用远程临场机器人来支持护理环境中老年人的社交联系。
本范围界定审查将遵循 Joanna Briggs 研究所范围界定审查方法。审查团队由患者伙伴和家庭伙伴、一名护士研究员和一组学生组成。在范围界定审查中，我们将搜索以下数据库：MEDLINE（Ovid）、CINAHL、PsycINFO（EBSCO）、Web of Science 和 ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global。将使用 Google 和 Google Scholar 搜索其他文献。将对手册搜索中包含的研究的参考文献进行搜索，以确定其他相关文章。范围界定审查将考虑在护理环境（即长期护理和医院）中使用远程临场机器人技术的研究，这些研究以英语发表。
由于研究方法包括从公开可用的文章中收集数据，因此不需要伦理批准。通过检查使用远程临场技术支持护理环境中的老年人的现状，本范围界定审查可以为用户需求（例如，患者和护理提供者的需求）提供有用的见解，并为未来的研究和实践提供信息。我们将通过会议演讲和同行评议期刊上的开放获取出版物分享范围界定审查结果。
