Psycho-Sciences Research Group of the Biomedical Research Institute of Salamanca, Salamanca University, Salamanca, Spain.
Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Behaviour and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
J Med Internet Res. 2023 Aug 2;25:e44125. doi: 10.2196/44125.
Social robots, as a form of digital health technologies, are used to support emotional, cognitive, and physical care and have shown promising outcomes in enhancing social well-being in people with dementia (PwD) by boosting emotions, social interactions, and activity participation.
The goal is to investigate the attitude of stakeholders and potential facilitators and the barriers to implementing the social robot MINI in community-based meeting centers (MCs) for PwD and carers in the Netherlands and Spain.
Based on the British Medical Research Council guidance for process evaluation of the implementation of complex interventions and the model for tracing the facilitators of and barriers to the adaptive implementation of innovations in dementia care, an explorative qualitative study was conducted. Following the introduction of the MINI robot, 11 stakeholders were interviewed in 3 MCs in the Netherlands and 1 in Spain, as well as stakeholders in health and welfare organizations in both countries. In addition, 12 adults with dementia participated in focus groups. The data were thematically analyzed and narratively described.
Overall, the stakeholder opinion and interest in the MINI robot were positive. The most important (expected) facilitating factors mentioned by stakeholders appeared to be human resources, funding, the impact of the MINI robot on the users and programs of the MCs, characteristics of the innovation, and collaboration with other care and welfare organizations. However, the (expected) barriers mentioned concerned the physical context and functionalities of the MINI robot, the user context, and MC activity policies.
The findings will inform professional stakeholders, such as MC directors and managers, as well as care and welfare organizations, on the practicality of using the MINI robot in MCs. Furthermore, our research will aid MINI robot developers in tailoring its features to PwD's preferences and demands and MC policies, which will contribute to the MINI robot's effective adoption and deployment.
社交机器人作为一种数字健康技术，用于支持情感、认知和身体护理，已显示出通过增强痴呆症患者（PwD）的情绪、社交互动和活动参与度来提高社交幸福感的良好效果。
旨在调查利益相关者和潜在促进者对在荷兰和西班牙的社区会议中心（MC）中实施社交机器人 MINI 的态度，以及实施的障碍。
根据英国医学研究委员会对复杂干预措施实施过程评估的指导以及创新在痴呆症护理中适应性实施的促进因素和障碍模型，进行了一项探索性定性研究。MINI 机器人引入后，在荷兰的 3 个 MC 和西班牙的 1 个 MC 中对 11 名利益相关者进行了访谈，并对两国的卫生和福利组织的利益相关者进行了访谈。此外，还对 12 名成年痴呆症患者进行了焦点小组讨论。对数据进行了主题分析和叙述性描述。
总体而言，利益相关者对 MINI 机器人的意见和兴趣是积极的。利益相关者提到的最重要的（预期）促进因素似乎是人力资源、资金、MINI 机器人对 MC 用户和计划的影响、创新的特点以及与其他护理和福利组织的合作。然而，提到的（预期）障碍涉及 MINI 机器人的物理环境和功能、用户环境以及 MC 活动政策。
研究结果将为 MC 主任和管理人员等专业利益相关者以及护理和福利组织提供有关在 MC 中使用 MINI 机器人的实用性的信息。此外，我们的研究将帮助 MINI 机器人开发人员根据 PwD 的偏好和需求以及 MC 政策调整其功能，这将有助于 MINI 机器人的有效采用和部署。
