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| Name | Class |
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| University of Georgia | OTHER |
| Advanced Medical Electronics | OTHER |
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This study will be conducted to test a Socially-Assistive Robot (SAR) system for residents in an Assisted Living environment. The goal of the SAR system is to enhance social engagement and connectedness. The system engages residents via robot-facilitated activities such as trivia and reminder and is integrated with the SimpleC Wellness Platform.
This is a mixed-method study to assess the effectiveness of the SAR system. The study includes behavior/lifestyle intervention that are delivered via a robot and/or tablet. The study intervention is a Social Assistive Robot (SAR) System. The SAR system contains the SimpleC Platform, physical robot, virtual agent/robot.
The goal is to engage residents in a natural language conversation as psychosocial support (enhancing mood, mitigating the effects of loneliness, and enhancing social connection and communication) and provide value to the organization and its staff.
Research questions include:
Sample: 270 individuals will participate: 90 residents, 90 family, and 90 staff across different study locations. Enrollment will be stopped upon reaching saturation.
The goal is to offer SAR-facilitated group session at least once per week, for residents to attend at least one such session over the course of the study and two sessions/month.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| SimpleC Wellness Platform with Social Robot Interaction | Experimental | Participants in the Social Robot condition will have access to personal media, reminders, televisit, messaging, news, and wellness programs in their own room via the Companion. Participants will also will have access to social and health reminders as well as social and wellness programs facilitated by a virtual robot agent in their own room via the Companion, social and health reminders as well as social and wellness programs facilitated by a physical robot in the community area and a staff member (likely the activity director). |
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| SimpleC Wellness Platform | Active Comparator | Participants in the SimpleC Wellness Platform condition will have access to personal media, reminders, televisit, messaging, news, and wellness programs in their own room via the Companion. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Behavioral Interventions | Behavioral | Traditional SimpleC Wellness |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in Robotic Social Attributes Scale (RoSAS). An 18-item scale with high scores indicating positive attitudes for dimensions of warmth and competency and a negative attitude for dimension of discomfort. | [Questionnaire] Perception and judgment of Social Assistive Robot social attributes on 3 dimensions: Warmth, competency, and discomfort | Midpoint (3 months), Final (6 months) |
| Change in Caregiver Guilt Scale. A 4-point scale with higher score indicating higher guilt. | [Questionnaire] Family caregiver feelings of guilt. | Baseline, Midpoint (3 months), Final (6 months) |
| Change in Perceived Stress Scale. A 5-point scale with higher scores indicating higher stress. | [Questionnaire] Family caregiver experience of stress in the past 4 months. Modification: Answer as it relates to caregiving. | Baseline, Midpoint (3 months), Final (6 months) |
| Change in Technology Acceptance and Experience Questionnaire. A scale with high scores indicating higher acceptance. | [Questionnaire] Assessment of users' perceived ease of use, usefulness, and satisfaction of using the technology. | Midpoint (3 months), Final (6 months) |
| Change in Quality of Life. A 13-item survey with high scores indicating higher quality of life. | [Questionnaire] Assessment of different aspects of quality of life, including physical health, energy, family, money. | Baseline, Midpoint (3 months), Final (6 months) |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Technology acceptance and adoption Interview. | [Interview] Assessment of users acceptance and adoption ease of use, usefulness, and satisfaction of using the technology. | Midpoint (3 months) |
| Technology acceptance and adoption Interview. |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Anne Adams, PhD | SimpleC, LLC | Principal Investigator |
| Jenay M Beer, PhD | University of Georgia | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University of Georgia | Athens | Georgia | 30602 | United States | ||
| SimpleC |
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| ID | Term |
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| D010358 | Patient Participation |
| D060825 | Cognitive Dysfunction |
| D003704 | Dementia |
| D004194 | Disease |
| ID | Term |
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| D010342 | Patient Acceptance of Health Care |
| D000074822 | Treatment Adherence and Compliance |
| D015438 | Health Behavior |
| D001519 | Behavior |
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| ID | Term |
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| D001521 | Behavior Therapy |
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| D011613 | Psychotherapy |
| D004191 | Behavioral Disciplines and Activities |
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| Robot Interventions | Behavioral | Robot interventions |
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[Interview] Assessment of users acceptance and adoption ease of use, usefulness, and satisfaction of using the technology.
| Final (6 months) |
| Usability and usefulness | Identified factors that indicate the ease of use and usefulness for different tasks as derived from analysis of: [Interview, usage data] | 6 months |
| Conversation quality | [Interview] User perceptions on the usefulness and ease of use in conversing with the technology. | 6 months |
| Value proposition/Economic Impact | [Interview] Discussions with facility staff and key decision makers to understand the value of the technology in providing social interaction and reminders to their residents. | 6 months |
| Requirements | Identified requirements for design, training, and communication as derived from analysis of: [Interview, observations] | 6 months |
| Affect | [Interview] Feelings of enjoyment, satisfaction, when using the technology | 6 months |
| Participation Pattern | How often system is used, buttons clicked, voice activation [usage data, interview, observations] | 6 months |
| Atlanta |
| Georgia |
| 30060 |
| United States |
| D003072 | Cognition Disorders |
| D019965 | Neurocognitive Disorders |
| D001523 | Mental Disorders |
| D001927 | Brain Diseases |
| D002493 | Central Nervous System Diseases |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D010335 | Pathologic Processes |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |