Department of Nursing Outcome Management, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8509, Japan.
Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8509, Japan.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Oct 25;18(21):11184. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182111184.
The growing use of robots in nursing and healthcare facilities has prompted increasing research on human-robot interactions. However, specific research designs that can guide researchers to conduct rigorous investigations on human-robot interactions are limited. This paper aims to discuss the development and application of a new research design-the Intentional Observational Clinical Research Design (IOCRD). Data sources to develop the IOCRD were derived from surveyed literature of the past decade, focusing on clinical nursing research and theories relating robotics to nursing and healthcare practice. The distinction between IOCRD and other research design is the simultaneous data generation collected using advanced technological devices, for example, the wireless Bonaly-light electrocardiogram (ECG) to track heart rate variability of research subjects, robot application programs on the iPad mini to control robot speech and gestures, and Natural Language Processing programs. Even though IOCRD was developed for human-robot research, there remain vast opportunities for its use in nursing practice and healthcare. With the unique feature of simultaneous data generation and analysis, an interdisciplinary collaborative research team is strongly suggested. The IOCRD is expected to contribute guidance for researchers in conducting clinical research related to robotics in nursing and healthcare.
机器人在护理和医疗保健设施中的使用日益增多，促使人们对人机交互进行了越来越多的研究。然而，能够指导研究人员进行严格人机交互研究的具体研究设计有限。本文旨在讨论一种新的研究设计——有意观察临床研究设计（IOCRD）的开发和应用。开发 IOCRD 的数据来源来自过去十年调查文献，重点是临床护理研究以及将机器人与护理和医疗保健实践相关联的理论。IOCRD 与其他研究设计的区别在于，同时使用先进的技术设备收集数据，例如，使用无线邦纳利光心电图（ECG）来跟踪研究对象的心率变异性，在 iPad mini 上使用机器人应用程序来控制机器人的语音和手势，以及自然语言处理程序。尽管 IOCRD 是为人机研究开发的，但它在护理实践和医疗保健中仍有广泛的应用机会。具有同时生成和分析数据的独特功能，强烈建议组建跨学科合作研究团队。IOCRD 有望为研究人员进行与护理和医疗保健中的机器人相关的临床研究提供指导。
