Use of a Robotic Seal as a Therapeutic Tool to Improve Dementia Symptoms: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.

Journal: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
Published Date: Sep 1, 2017

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To test the effects of individual, nonfacilitated sessions with PARO (version 9), when compared against a look-alike plush toy and usual care, on the emotional and behavioral symptoms of dementia for people living in long-term care facilities.

Authors

  • Wendy Moyle
    Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Centre for Health Practice Innovation, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Dementia Collaborative Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
  • Cindy J Jones
    Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; School of Nursing and Midwifery, Nathan Campus, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
  • Jenny E Murfield
    Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; School of Nursing and Midwifery, Nathan Campus, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
  • Lukman Thalib
    Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
  • Elizabeth R A Beattie
    School of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
  • David K H Shum
    Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; School of Applied Psychology, Mt Gravatt Campus, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
  • Siobhan T O'Dwyer
    Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom.
  • M Cindy Mervin
    Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Center for Applied Health Economics, School of Medicine, Nathan Campus, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
  • Brian M Draper
    School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

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