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Assistive robots to improve the independent living of older persons: results from a needs study

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Date
2019
Dewey
Facteurs d'influence sur les comportements sociaux
Sujet
Personal mobility; assistive robots; technical and functional requirements; needs study; elderly people
Journal issue
Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2019.1642392
URI
https://basepub.dauphine.fr/handle/123456789/20815
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Author
Fiorini, L.
504313 BioRobotics Institute of Sant'Anna [Pisa]
De Mul, M.
108657 Erasmus University Rotterdam
Fabbricotti, I.
108657 Erasmus University Rotterdam
Guiot, Denis
1032 Dauphine Recherches en Management [DRM]
Sengès, Eloïse
1032 Dauphine Recherches en Management [DRM]
Cavallo, F.
504313 BioRobotics Institute of Sant'Anna [Pisa]
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Article accepté pour publication ou publié
Abstract (EN)
Background: More than 70% of elderly people age 80 and older are experiencing problems in personal mobility. Assistive robotics can represent a concrete support providing also a support for caregivers, clinicians and nurses by reducing their burden.Methods: A total of 20 older people and 34 caregivers (formal and informal) were interviewed in Italy and the Netherlands to investigate and prioritize their needs concerning the personal mobility domains and their attitudes towards assistive robots. The data were analysed from a user point of view by means of thematic content analysis by underlying recurrent topics.Results: The results revealed four categories of needs from the perspective of the older individuals: instrumental needs, rehabilitation needs, personal safety and indoor activities of daily life. Additionally, the results underline how personal mobility issues influence different aspects of daily life. Complementarily, three categories of caregiver needs were also distinguished: instrumental needs, rehabilitation monitoring needs and checkup needs. The highest percentage of participants showed a positive expectation towards assistive robotics.Conclusions: The results were clustered according to the robot abilities (i.e., motion, interaction, manipulation, decision support and perception abilities) as a list of functional and technical requirements that should be developed to address all the needs related to the personal mobility. Robotic developer teams that work in this context could take advantage of this research. Additionally, this work can be used as a basis for clinicians and nurses working in geriatric units to understand how the robots can support and enhance their work.

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