Effects on sleep from group activity with a robotic seal for nursing home residents with dementia: a cluster randomized controlled trial.

Journal: International psychogeriatrics
Published Date: Sep 28, 2020

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Sleep disturbances are common in people with dementia and increase with the severity of the disease. Sleep disturbances are complex and caused by several factors and are difficult to treat. There is a need for more robust and systematic studies dealing with sleep disturbances in older people with dementia. The aim of this study was to investigate effects from robot-assisted (Paro) group activity on sleep patterns in nursing home (NH) residents with dementia.

Authors

  • Nina Jøranson
    Section for Public Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway. Electronic address: nina.joranson@nmbu.no.
  • Christine Olsen
    Department of Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning,Section for Public Health Science,Norwegian University of Life Sciences,P.O. Box 5003,N-1432 Ås,Norway.
  • Giovanna Calogiuri
    Department of Public Health, Faculty of Social and Health Sciences, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Hamarveien 112, 2411, Elverum, Norway.
  • Camilla Ihlebæk
    Section for Public Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway; Faculty of Health and Social studies, Østfold University College, Fredrikstad, Norway.
  • Ingeborg Pedersen
    Section for Public Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway.

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